Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 2,718 people live in this town, in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Catterick’s schools beat most (A): primary results beat 87% of towns in England. Crime is low (A): 15.6 violent and sexual offences and 3.1 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The drawback is hazard risk: nearly one in ten homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Homes sell for a median £215,000, about 4.1 years of what households in the Richmondshire council area earn. Overall, that makes an A, better than 94% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021. Catterick is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
ONS publishes one rent for all of North Yorkshire, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Catterick 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 Catterick is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Catterick’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
10% 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 Catterick.
70% of pupils at the 3 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below is its only school. Its one primary school teaches 153 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 153 | B |
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 51% of recorded crime. Reported offences in Catterick came to 79 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 14. There were 6.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below both North Yorkshire’s towns (10.4) and England’s towns (7.8).
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 £849 a month across the North Yorkshire council area. Half of the 76 standard sales inside Catterick’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £215,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £265,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £195,000 | 27 |
| Terraced | £165,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Relative to its size, Catterick keeps 114 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above both North Yorkshire’s towns (58) and England’s towns (39). Its listed buildings include the Church of Saint Anne, Grade I. It has 2 scheduled monuments.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
1.4% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, below both North Yorkshire’s towns (1.9%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Driving is how just over four in five commuters got to work at the census. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 15% of commuters at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
3.9% of residents report bad or very bad health. At the census, 84% of people in Catterick called their health good or very good, higher than both North Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). Also worth knowing: the nearest A&E to Catterick is Darlington Memorial Hospital, 11.1 miles away. Life expectancy here is 82.6 for women and 79.4 for men (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Catterick | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.9% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 19% | 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.
16% are under 15, about level with North Yorkshire’s towns (16%) and below England’s towns (18%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of the population. The median resident of Catterick is 37.9 years old.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Catterick is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
| Catterick | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 9.6% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
31 listed buildings in Catterick, 1 of them Grade I.
County Hotel: Photo: The joy of all things · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stepping Stones House: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 14, High Street: Photo: The joy of all things · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Angel Inn: Photo: The joy of all things · CC BY-SA 4.0
9 notable people were born in Catterick.
Alistair Petrie: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Frederick John Jackson: Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927, Public domain · Jason Lewis: Tammie6123, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jim Thompson: Fleckee, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick | 2,718 | — | A | A− | A | B− |
| Scorton | 1,011 | 1.7 | — | B− | A | B− |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 1,899 | 1.8 | — | B+ | B | B− |
| Catterick Garrison | 14,212 | 3.2 | B | A | B− | C− |
| Richmond | 8,076 | 4.6 | B+ | B | C+ | B |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 5.7 | — | A− | C− | B+ |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 6 | — | B | B+ | B |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 6.4 | A− | B | C | B |
Scorton, Brompton-on-Swale, Leeming Bar and Aiskew have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of Saint Anne. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Primary results beat 87% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by North Yorkshire council.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Catterick is a built-up area of 2,718 people, in the Richmondshire 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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