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A town of 4,474 in Lancashire, North West.
Wesham grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 35% of UK towns, and #34 of 65 in Lancashire. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is schools (D): primary results beat 22% of towns in England; secondary results beat 10% of towns in England. The median home sold for £190,000 in the last three years, 4.1 times what households in the Fylde council area earn in a year.
The 2 things Wesham 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 Wesham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Wesham’s built-up area.
17% 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 Wesham.
56% of pupils at the town’s 2 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 41.3, and 27% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Some 224 pupils attend Wesham’s two primaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 124 | C |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Lancashire’s towns (23%) and near England’s towns (16%). Relative to its size, Wesham keeps 4 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest A&E to Wesham is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 5.7 miles away. At the census, 5.1% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, about level with England’s towns (5.2%) and below Lancashire’s towns (6.3%). This Lancashire town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Wesham | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 20% | 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.
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.
For every resident in work, Wesham has 0.6 jobs. At the census, 19% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Lancashire’s towns (19%) and below England’s towns (27%). Driving is how 78% of commuters got to work at the census. Work in town: 7% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Reported offences in Wesham came to 215 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 48. There were 16 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below Lancashire’s towns (17.3) but above England’s towns (7.8). 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.
Private rents average £870 a month across the Fylde council area. Behind the median of £190,000: 157 standard sales inside Wesham’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Social housing holds 15% of households, above Lancashire’s towns (13%) but below England’s towns (18%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £294,000 | 60 |
| Semi-detached | £190,000 | 31 |
| Terraced | £128,500 | 53 |
| Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below Lancashire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Line up the people of Wesham by age and the one in the middle is 40.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Wesham | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lancashire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesham | 4,474 | — | C+ | B | C+ | C− |
| Kirkham | 8,939 | 0.8 | C | B− | C− | C |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 1.6 | — | D | A− | C+ |
| Newton-with-Scales | 1,510 | 2.3 | — | D | B− | B+ |
| Warton (Fylde) | 4,180 | 2.6 | D | C+ | C− | C |
| Freckleton | 4,478 | 2.8 | C+ | B− | B− | C |
| Elswick | 1,047 | 3.2 | — | D | A− | C+ |
| Clifton | 1,022 | 3.4 | — | C+ | C+ | B |
Wrea Green, Newton-with-Scales, Elswick and Clifton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Wesham has 2 state schools; places are handled by Lancashire council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £190,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £105,000, terraced houses £128,500, semi-detached houses £190,000 and detached houses £294,000.
About the middle for its size: 61% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+. Burglary was rare, with 2 reports in the year.
Town in Lancashire, England
Wesham is a built-up area of 4,474 people, in the Fylde 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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