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28,352 people live in this large town in Gloucestershire, South West.
Yate’s weakest is safety: police record 38.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 12.7 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 38%. Where it does best is schools: primary results beat 46% of towns in England; secondary results beat 81% of towns in England. At a median £289,000, a home costs 4.8 times the yearly income of households in the South Gloucestershire council area. Overall, that makes a C+, good for #33 of 48 in Gloucestershire. Set against the rest, it does better than 44% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
The thing Yate 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 Yate is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Yate’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
1% 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 Yate.
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Police figures for Yate’s built-up area: 2,033 crimes and 332 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. There were 13.1 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Gloucestershire’s towns (9.1) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences accounted for 51% of recorded crime.
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
61% of pupils at the town’s 7 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Three of its 11 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Yate’s eight primaries and two secondaries have 3,782 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 462 | B− |
| Brimsham Green SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,095 | B |
| Yate AcademyTop results in townSecondary | Secondary | 804 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Yate’s listed buildings include the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Grade I. Scaled to its population, Yate has 15 listed buildings per 10,000 people, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (105) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
By car: that was how 81% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above Gloucestershire’s towns (2.2%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. About 28% of its commuters stay in Yate for work. The town counts 0.7 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Private renters make up 15% of households, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%). The social rented sector houses 9% of households. The £289,000 median rests on 1,375 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £435,000 | 237 |
| Semi-detached | £320,000 | 401 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | 568 |
| Flat or maisonette | £186,000 | 169 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
4 GP practices serve the town; 80% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Yate is Southmead Hospital, 8 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.7% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Yate | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.7% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 17% | 17% |
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.
At 39.9, the median resident of Yate sits in the middle of the age range. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with both Gloucestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Yate | Gloucestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gloucestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Yate. Best known first.
Historic house · National TrustHorton Court4.5 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseActon Court1.4 km outside town, to the northwestFortFortHorton Camp4.2 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
43 listed buildings in Yate, 1 of them Grade I.
The Goods Shed, Yate Railway Station: Photo: mattbuck ( category ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · The White Lion: Photo: Ray Bird · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nibley House: Photo: Spelledwrongdotuk · CC0 · War Memorial Lych Gate: Photo: Arpingstone · Public domain
4 notable people were born in Yate.
J. K. Rowling: Daniel Ogren, CC BY 2.0 · Luke Hedger: Richard Wiseman, CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yate | 28,352 | — | C+ | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 1 | B | C− | B− | B+ |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 2.9 | A− | D | B | A− |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 3.8 | B | C | B− | B |
| Wickwar | 1,701 | 3.9 | — | D | B | A |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 5.1 | — | D | A | A |
| Stoke Gifford | 13,477 | 5.6 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 5.6 | A− | C | B− | A− |
Wickwar and Hawkesbury Upton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Yate is £2,656 for 2026–27, more than in 93% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About the middle for its size: 62% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Large town in Gloucestershire, England
Yate is a built-up area of 28,352 people, in the South Gloucestershire 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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