Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The village has 2,120 residents and lies in Gloucestershire, South West.
Residents are healthier than most (A): life expectancy is 81.4 for men and 84 for women. Walkability is a strength too (A) — 24% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Buying in is costly (D): the median home sold for £637,500, 10.8 years of area income. Natural hazards weigh more here: 6.2% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: life expectancy and income, ONS · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · claimants, DWP. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Chipping Campden has subject grades but no overall one.
Gloucestershire Police published 29 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Chipping Campden does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Chipping Campden is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Chipping Campden’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chipping Campden.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.1% of the population. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Chipping Campden has a median age of 57 years. Degrees are held by 44% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 37% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 44% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gloucestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Of its 3 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. At the town’s 2 primary schools, 57% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Some 1,728 pupils attend Chipping Campden’s two primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 149 | C+ |
| Chipping Campden SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,465 | B+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 29% of Chipping Campden’s land, higher than both Gloucestershire’s towns (9%) and England’s towns (7%). The town’s listed buildings include the Almshouses, Grade I. For its size, Chipping Campden has 967 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. Grade II* covers 17 of them, Grade I 5.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Home was the main workplace for 40% of workers at the census. 73% of commuters drove, below Gloucestershire’s towns (78%) but above England’s towns (70%). Also worth knowing: of the commuters living in Chipping Campden, 25% work in the town itself. There are 1.3 jobs in Chipping Campden for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
18% live in social housing, higher than Gloucestershire’s towns (13%) and near England’s towns (18%). The median sale, £637,500, comes from 128 standard sales inside Chipping Campden’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £1,252 a month across the Cotswold council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £902,500 | 60 |
| Semi-detached | £555,000 | 25 |
| Terraced | £475,000 | 33 |
| Flat or maisonette | £272,500 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; nearly three quarters of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Chipping Campden is Cheltenham General Hospital, 16.6 miles away. At the census, 18% of people here had a disability, about level with England’s towns (17%) and above Gloucestershire’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
For its size, Chipping Campden records more crime per resident than 86% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. Reported offences here came to 40 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 15. Property crime (burglary and damage) runs at 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 13.8 reports per 1,000, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (9.1) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Chipping Campden. Best known first.
Historic houseKiftsgate Court Gardens3.1 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionChipping Campden Market Hallin townGardenGarden · National TrustHidcote Manor Garden2.9 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionBroadway Tower3.9 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumBroadway Museum and Art Gallery4.7 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Chipping Campden.
Matthew Gotrel: Gregor Rom, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Payne Smith: John Cochran, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | — | — | D | C | A |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 2.6 | — | C− | B | A |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 2.9 | — | C− | B | A− |
| Broadway | 2,719 | 3.5 | B | B− | B+ | A− |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 4.1 | B− | B | A | C+ |
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | 4.7 | — | B | D− | A− |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 4.7 | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 5.2 | — | B− | B | A− |
Blockley, Mickleton, Meon Vale, Bretforton and Lower Quinton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £637,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £272,500, terraced houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £555,000 and detached houses £902,500.
That is 39.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Almshouses. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Village in Gloucestershire, England
Chipping Campden is a built-up area of 2,120 people, in the Cotswold council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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