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13,314 residents make their home in this town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Crime runs high (D): 42.3 violent and sexual offences and 17.1 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set beside UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 77%. At C overall, Northallerton is better than 29% of UK towns and ranks #44 of 54 in North Yorkshire. It also trails on schools (D): primary results beat just over a third of towns in England; secondary results beat 5% of towns in England. Where it does best is walkability: 30% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Homes are affordable (B+): homes sell for a median £230,000, about 4.3 times local household income.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
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 Northallerton 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 Northallerton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 68 buildings inside Northallerton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1908.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Northallerton.
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.
For 54% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. 68% of commuters drove, lower than North Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and near England’s towns (70%). The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.6%. Work in town: just over half of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Below are three of its 8 schools, each with why it was picked. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy’s results beat 83% of schools in England like it. At the town’s 5 primary schools, 58% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applegarth Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 237 | C+ |
| Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,002 | D |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 92 | A− |
Over the year to August 2026, 1,130 offences were reported in Northallerton, along with 287 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 30.4 reports per 1,000, above North Yorkshire’s towns (10.3) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. 47% of the crimes fell under 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.
29% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of residents, lower than both North Yorkshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Northallerton by age and the one in the middle is 47.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Northallerton | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Private renters make up 17% of households, lower than both North Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). Behind the median of £230,000: 765 standard sales inside Northallerton’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. The owner-occupied share of households is 62%.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £329,995 | 250 |
| Semi-detached | £217,497 | 244 |
| Terraced | £185,101 | 196 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | 75 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Four fifths of Northallerton’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below North Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. The nearest A&E to Northallerton is Darlington Memorial Hospital, 14.2 miles away. Women here live to 82.8 on average and men to 77.5 (2019–23). 2 GP practices serve the town; 86% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Northallerton | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Northallerton’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. A tenth of its homes were built before 1919, below both North Yorkshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%). Grade II* covers 2 of them, Grade I 1.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
68 listed buildings in Northallerton, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of All Saints: Photo: Chrisloader · Public domain · County Hall: Photo: flipflopnick · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Durham House: Photo: Finlay McWalter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Golden Lion: Photo: The joy of all things · CC BY-SA 4.0
39 notable people were born in Northallerton.
Michael Dawson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland/, CC BY 2.0 · Jessica Barden: BAFTA, CC BY 3.0 · Dorothy E. Smith: Schmendrick2112, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Andy Dawson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/markjhealey/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wendy Morton: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0 · Joanne Jackson: Rebecca_Adlington,_Joanne_Jackson,_Jazmin_Carlin_and_Caitlin_McClatchey_(3817779304).jpg: Michiel Jelijs from Groningen, The Netherlands derivative work: Jonas kam, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northallerton | 13,314 | — | C | B+ | D | C |
| Romanby | 3,825 | 0.9 | A− | B+ | A− | B− |
| Brompton | 2,034 | 1.4 | — | A | C | B |
| Leeming | 1,712 | 4.9 | — | B+ | A+ | A |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 5.8 | — | A− | C− | B+ |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 7 | — | B | B+ | B |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 7.5 | A− | B | C | B |
| Thirsk | 5,891 | 8.1 | C+ | B | C | B |
Brompton, Leeming, 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 2.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Northallerton is a built-up area of 13,314 people, in the Hambleton 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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