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A town of 4,273 in North Yorkshire, North East.
Loftus grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 43% of UK towns, and #39 of 54 in North Yorkshire. Its strongest subject is schools (A): primary results beat 88% of towns in England. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £37,338; 4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £117,000 in the last three years, 2.7 times what households in the Redcar and Cleveland council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Loftus 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 Loftus is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Loftus’s built-up area.
43% 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 Loftus.
Burglary and damage came to 24.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above North Yorkshire’s towns (7.4) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 477 crimes and 104 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Loftus’s built-up area. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Loftus has more crime per resident than 95% of them. Of all the crimes, 43% were violence and sexual offences.
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.
Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 3 primary schools: 70% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Loftus’s three primaries have 626 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hummersea Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 261 | B− |
| Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 182 | A |
23% of residents in Loftus live with a disability. At the census, 8.3% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, above North Yorkshire’s towns (5.5%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike. Women here live to 81.4 on average and men to 74.7 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; 77% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Loftus | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.3% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Owners make up 58% of households, below North Yorkshire’s towns (65%) and close to England’s towns (61%). Loftus is the cheapest of the 56 towns in North Yorkshire: its median sale is £117,000. Behind the median of £117,000: 134 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £245,250 | 20 |
| Semi-detached | £129,000 | 35 |
| Terraced | £95,000 | 77 |
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.
None of the 32 listed buildings reaches Grade II* or Grade I; all are Grade II. Conservation areas cover 21% of Loftus’ land, above North Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Also worth knowing: for its size, Loftus has 75 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
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.
The car took just over three quarters of commuters, above North Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Just over one in ten commuters who live in Loftus also work there. For every resident in work, Loftus has 0.3 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town, below North Yorkshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. 18% of residents are children under 15. Half of Loftus is older than 44.8, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Loftus | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.8% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 21% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
32 listed buildings in Loftus.
Golden Lion Hotel: Photo: Ed Webster · CC BY 2.0 · Church of St Leonard: Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · White Horse Public House: Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Old Zetland School: Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loftus | 4,273 | — | C+ | A | D | D |
| Carlin How | 1,196 | 1 | — | A | D | D− |
| Brotton | 5,399 | 2.3 | B− | A− | D | C− |
| Lingdale | 1,323 | 3.1 | — | A | D− | D |
| Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) | 6,895 | 3.7 | B− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Boosbeck | 1,124 | 3.8 | — | A | C | D |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 5,874 | 4.3 | B− | B | C− | C− |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 7,576 | 5.9 | A− | A− | C+ | C+ |
Carlin How, Lingdale and Boosbeck 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 £117,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £95,000, semi-detached houses £129,000 and detached houses £245,250.
That is 3.1 times the typical UK town for its size.
Primary results beat 88% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). Loftus has 3 state schools; places are handled by Redcar and Cleveland council.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Loftus is a built-up area of 4,273 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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