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A large town in North Yorkshire, North East, home to 29,625 people.
A tough set of grades. Safety is its weak spot (D−): police record 62.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 42.7 home and vehicle crimes. Eston grades D overall, better than 12% of UK towns, and ranks #52 of 54 in North Yorkshire. Health is weaker too: men here can expect to live to 74.4, women to 79.4. Prices are modest for what you get (A): the median home sold for £149,500, 3.4 years of area income. Jobs & income is weaker too — the mean household earns £39,908 a year. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Eston 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 Eston is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Eston’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade II*.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1902.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Eston. Best known first.
CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral4 km outside town, to the southwest
Art galleryMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art2.8 km outside town, to the west
Historic house · National TrustOrmesby Hall1.2 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumDorman Museum3.7 km outside town, to the west
Historic houseWilton Castle1.6 km outside town, to the east
ZooNewham Grange Leisure Farm4 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eston.
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 37% of recorded crime. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 4,800 recorded crimes inside Eston’s built-up area, and 861 reports of anti-social behaviour. Also worth knowing: there were 31.7 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both North Yorkshire’s towns (10.3) 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.
Attainment 8 at the town’s 2 secondary schools averages 37.4, and 29% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Bankfields Primary School’s results beat 94% of schools in England like it. Three of its 12 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Eston’s nine primaries and two secondaries have 4,346 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normanby Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 503 | B+ |
| Outwood Academy NormanbyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 787 | D |
| Bankfields Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 257 | A |
At the census, 76% of people in Eston called their health good or very good, lower than both North Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). 8.3% of residents report bad or very bad health. 3 GP practices serve the town; 77% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Disability touches just over a fifth of the town’s population.
| Census 2021 | Eston | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.3% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 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.
Home ownership stands at 56% of households. Private renters make up 14% of households, lower than both North Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). 1,071 standard sales inside Eston’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £149,500.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £242,000 | 247 |
| Semi-detached | £145,000 | 563 |
| Terraced | £90,000 | 251 |
| Flat or maisonette | £68,750 | 10 |
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.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total, below North Yorkshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Listed buildings per head: 8 for every 10,000 residents of Eston. Grade II* covers 3 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 14% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Of the commuters living in Eston, 19% work in the town itself. There are 0.9 jobs in Eston for each resident in work. 15% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below North Yorkshire’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (27%) alike. Driving is how four in five commuters got to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The middle age in Eston is 42. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, between North Yorkshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (18%). Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Eston | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 19% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
24 listed buildings in Eston.
Baptist Church: Photo: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manor House: Photo: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Ship Inn: Photo: Warofdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of St Peter: Photo: Francis Hannaway · CC BY-SA 3.0
37 notable people were born in Eston.
Paul Daniels: eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rob Smedley: Engyles, CC BY 2.0 · Horace King, Baron Maybray-King: Jens Gathmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eston | 29,625 | — | D | A | D− | D− |
| Middlesbrough | 148,232 | 2.9 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Guisborough | 18,091 | 4.3 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
| Redcar | 37,666 | 4.4 | C+ | A− | D | D |
| New Marske | 2,990 | 4.6 | B+ | A− | B− | B− |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 5.1 | — | B− | C+ | C− |
| Great Ayton | 4,348 | 5.2 | A− | A− | A− | A− |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 7,576 | 5.7 | A− | A− | C+ | C+ |
Stainton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets 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 £149,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £68,750, terraced houses £90,000, semi-detached houses £145,000 and detached houses £242,000.
GCSE results trail 95% of towns in England, and primary results beat 54% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Large town in North Yorkshire, England
Eston is a built-up area of 29,625 people, in the Redcar and Cleveland 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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