Tewkesbury grades B− overall and ranks #28 of 48 in Gloucestershire. On that grade it does better than 52% of UK towns. Cost of living is its strong suit — the median home sold for £264,500, 4.5 years of area income. Schools lag: primary results beat 52% of towns in England; secondary results beat 5% of towns in England. It also trails on safety — police record 32.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 12.2 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 50%. Hazard risk is weaker too: 1.9% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
Gloucestershire Police published 29 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Tewkesbury is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tewkesbury.
HousingCost of living grade A
Tewkesbury gets an A for cost of living grade
£265Kmedian sale
Private rents average £1,093 a month across the Tewkesbury council area. Social housing holds 16% of households, between Gloucestershire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (18%). The £264,500 median rests on 578 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Tewkesbury£265K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£398,525
119
Semi-detached
£280,000
191
Terraced
£240,000
189
Flat or maisonette
£142,500
79
64%
of households own their home · England 61%
18%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,093
average private rent a month, Tewkesbury council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
SchoolsC−
Results at Tewkesbury’s schools trail 76% of towns in England
C−School Grade
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 38.4, with 27% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. The John Moore Primary School’s results beat 83% of schools in England like it. 62% of pupils at the town’s 5 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 8 schools →
History
Tewkesbury’s heritage list runs to 366 buildings, 7 of them Grade I
366listed buildingsAHistory Grade
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Scaled to its population, that is 254 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in Tewkesbury. The town’s listed buildings include the Abbey Church of St Mary, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 16% lies in conservation areas, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (9%) and England’s towns (7%). Also worth knowing: at the top of the list, 7 are Grade I and 42 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C+
Benefit claims run higher in Tewkesbury, 3% of 16 to 64s, than in Gloucestershire’s towns or across England’s towns
20%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income averages £52K a year before tax. Of the commuters living in Tewkesbury, 32% work in the town itself. There are 1.6 jobs in Tewkesbury for each resident in work. 26% of workers worked mainly from home, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (31%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Safety
Per resident, Tewkesbury sees more crime than 73% of UK towns
32.8violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 24 reports per 1,000, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (9.1) and England’s towns (7.8). Police figures for Tewkesbury’s built-up area: 391 crimes and 129 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. 48% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 50% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual186
Damage & arson45
Shoplifting38
Public order29
Other theft23
Vehicle crime20
Burglary14
Other crime11
Anti-social129
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.
32.8
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
12.2
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
24
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Health
In Tewkesbury, 82% say their health is good or very good
82%good or very good healthC+Health Grade
The nearest A&E to Tewkesbury is Cheltenham General Hospital, 7.3 miles away. 2 GP practices serve the town; nearly nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 4.5% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Who lives here
Few people in Tewkesbury are 15 to 24: 9.8%, fewer than in both Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns
44median age
The middle age in Tewkesbury is 44. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, higher than both Gloucestershire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%). The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
TewkesburyGloucestershireEngland
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar17%
Degree level32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Tewkesbury is a built-up area of 14,387 people, in the Tewkesbury 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.
Ashchurch, Twyning, Bredon, Gotherington and Eckington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Tewkesbury
How many listed buildings are there in Tewkesbury?
That is 10.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Abbey Church of St Mary. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Does Tewkesbury flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Is Tewkesbury safe?
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
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.
