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A town of 11,121 in Lancashire, North West.
Cleveleys grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 18% of UK towns, and #46 of 65 in Lancashire. Its strongest subject is walkability (B): 17% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is health (C−): life expectancy 77.6 for men, 81.3 for women. The median home sold for £172,500 in the last three years, 4.2 times what households in the Wyre council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Cleveleys 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 Cleveleys is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 3 buildings inside Cleveleys’s built-up area.
6% 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 Cleveleys.
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below Lancashire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Line up the people of Cleveleys by age and the one in the middle is 54.3. Children under 15 make up 12% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Cleveleys | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lancashire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Cleveleys’s two primaries have 340 pupils between them. Below is one of its 2 schools, and why it was picked. 61% of pupils at the town’s 2 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfold Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 209 | B− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
6% of Cleveleys’s homes date from before 1919, and Historic England’s list holds 3 listed buildings inside its built-up area.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
8.4% of residents report bad or very bad health. At the census, 26% of people here had a disability, above both Lancashire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (17%). There is no GP practice in Cleveleys: the nearest is 0.6 miles off. Men in Cleveleys can expect to live to 77.6, women to 81.3 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Cleveleys | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.4% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 26% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Burglary and damage came to 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year, above Lancashire’s towns (9.8) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. Police figures for Cleveleys’s built-up area: 742 crimes and 185 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 55% 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.
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.
About nearly a tenth of its commuters stay in Cleveleys for work. The car took just over four in five commuters, above both Lancashire’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (70%). In 2026, 2.9% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Social housing holds 4% of households. The median sale, £172,500, comes from 607 standard sales inside Cleveleys’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £742 a month across the Wyre council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £247,500 | 89 |
| Semi-detached | £174,000 | 410 |
| Terraced | £134,750 | 71 |
| Flat or maisonette | £84,000 | 37 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Cleveleys. Best known first.
MuseumFleetwood Museum4 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionFarmer Parrs Animal World1 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionFormulakart4.1 km outside town, to the southHistoric houseHistoric houseParrox Hall4.9 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionMarsh Mill800 m outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveleys | 11,121 | — | C− | B− | C | C− |
| Thornton | 19,263 | 1.3 | C | B− | C+ | C |
| Fleetwood | 26,224 | 2.3 | D | B | D | D |
| Carleton | 4,793 | 2.3 | B | D | A− | B |
| Hambleton | 2,428 | 3.2 | — | C− | B | C |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 3.4 | B− | C− | C | B |
| Stalmine | 1,193 | 3.5 | — | D | A− | C |
| Preesall and Knott End-on-Sea | 4,679 | 4 | D− | C+ | C | C |
Hambleton and Stalmine have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £172,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £84,000, terraced houses £134,750, semi-detached houses £174,000 and detached houses £247,500.
About the middle for its size: 49% 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.
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Town in Lancashire, England
Cleveleys is a built-up area of 11,121 people, in the Wyre 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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