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14,989 people live in this town in Norfolk, East of England. 43% of households own their home outright.
Overall, Taverham and Drayton earns an A, better than 87% of UK towns. That places it #6 of 51 in Norfolk. Its strongest is safety: police record 13.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 3.7 home and vehicle crimes. Jobs and pay hold up well (A): the mean household earns £62,328 a year. Pupils here do less well than most: primary results beat nearly half of towns in England; secondary results beat 33% of towns in England. It takes 5.9 years of household income in the Broadland council area to buy the median home, at £325,000. Getting around depends on the car: 12% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Taverham and Drayton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Taverham and Drayton does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Taverham and Drayton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →15 listed buildings in Taverham and Drayton, 1 of them Grade I.
Drayton Lodge: Photo: Katy Walters · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Parish Church of St Margaret: Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Red Lion: Photo: Keith Edkins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Drayton War Memorial: Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taverham and Drayton.
Over the year to August 2026, 317 offences were reported in Taverham and Drayton, along with 67 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 56% of recorded crime. There were 3.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below Norfolk’s towns (5) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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.
Attainment 8 at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km averages 43.6, and two in five pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Between them, five primaries and one secondary teach 2,550 pupils in Taverham and Drayton.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taverham VC CE Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 406 | B− |
| Taverham High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,254 | B− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Taverham and Drayton’s listed buildings include the Parish Church of St Edmund, Grade I. For its size, Taverham and Drayton has 10 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below both Norfolk’s towns (45) and England’s towns (39). 2% of homes date from before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Asked at the census, 83% of residents of Taverham and Drayton said they were in good or very good health. 2 GP practices serve the town; four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 17% of residents have a disability, below Norfolk’s towns (20%) and close to England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Taverham and Drayton | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Social housing holds 7% of households. 15% rent privately, below Norfolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The median sale, £325,000, comes from 681 standard sales inside Taverham and Drayton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,000 | 410 |
| Semi-detached | £262,000 | 141 |
| Terraced | £225,000 | 124 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,250 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 26%, below Norfolk’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Unemployment benefit claims reached 1.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026. About 14% of its commuters stay in Taverham and Drayton for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.4.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, close to Norfolk’s towns (24%) and above England’s towns (18%). The median resident of Taverham and Drayton is 46.6 years old. Children are 16% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Taverham and Drayton | Norfolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 26% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Norfolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Taverham and Drayton. Best known first.
MuseumCity of Norwich Aviation Museum2.2 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteAvro Vulcan (XM612)2.2 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteFokker F27-600P (G-BHMY)2.1 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteHandley Page Herald (G-ASKK)2.1 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteHawker Siddeley Nimrod MRA.2 (XV255)2.2 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Taverham and Drayton.
Town in Norfolk, England
Taverham and Drayton is a built-up area of 14,989 people, in the Broadland 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taverham and Drayton | 14,989 | — | A | B | A | B+ |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 1.7 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 1.7 | A | A | A− | B− |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 1.8 | A− | A− | B | B |
| Easton | 1,436 | 3 | — | A− | C− | A− |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 3.1 | — | B | A | B+ |
| Norwich | 200,744 | 4.5 | D | C− | D | C |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 4.7 | — | B+ | A | B− |
Easton, Horsham St Faith and Hevingham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results trail 67% of towns in England, and primary results trail 51% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
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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