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97 buildings are listed here, 0 at Grade I. With 4,906 residents, it is a town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
A town of contrasts. Health outcomes beat most towns: men here can expect to live to 82.8, women to 85.6. At a median £302,000, a home costs 5.6 times the yearly income of households in the Hambleton council area. What holds it back is hazard risk: 5.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The overall grade lands at B, #28 of 54 in North Yorkshire. Nationally, it does better than 57% of UK towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B− for schools, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
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 Stokesley 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 Stokesley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 97 buildings inside Stokesley’s built-up area, 4 of them Grade II*.
11% 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 Stokesley.
13% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both North Yorkshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%). Residents of Stokesley have a median age of 54.2. Graduates make up 43% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Stokesley | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 32% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 47% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 47.7. Its two schools are listed below. Some 1,333 pupils attend Stokesley’s one primary and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stokesley Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 254 | C− |
| Stokesley SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,079 | B |
One GP practice serves the town; 94% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Stokesley is The James Cook University Hospital, 5.6 miles away. A disability affects 19% of people in the town.
| Census 2021 | Stokesley | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Stokesley has 97 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 4 Grade II*. The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%. Of the town’s land, 10% lies in conservation areas, lower than North Yorkshire’s towns (13%) yet higher than England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Owners make up 71% of households, above both North Yorkshire’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%). Private rents average £849 a month across the North Yorkshire council area. Council and housing-body homes hold 18% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,995 | 134 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 63 |
| Terraced | £218,997 | 38 |
| Flat or maisonette | £183,000 | 13 |
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 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
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. There are 0.8 jobs in Stokesley for each resident in work. About 14% of its commuters stay in Stokesley for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 44% of recorded crime. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 210 crimes and 105 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Stokesley’s built-up area. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 25.1 reports per 1,000, above North Yorkshire’s towns (10.3) 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.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Stokesley. Best known first.
CathedralMiddlesbrough Cathedral5 km outside town, to the north
MuseumCaptain Cook Schoolroom Museum3.1 km outside town, to the northeastCastleCastleTurret4.9 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
97 listed buildings in Stokesley.
Barclays Bank: Photo: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manor House and Wall Adjoining: Photo: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Town Hall: Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Peter and St Paul: Photo: Graham Hogg · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stokesley | 4,906 | — | B | C+ | B− | A− |
| Great Ayton | 4,348 | 2.6 | A− | A− | A− | A− |
| Hutton Rudby | 1,955 | 3.9 | — | D | A+ | A+ |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 4.4 | — | B− | C+ | C− |
| Middlesbrough | 148,232 | 5.5 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 6 | A+ | A− | A− | A− |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 6.4 | C− | A | D− | D− |
| Eston | 29,625 | 6.6 | D | A | D− | D− |
Hutton Rudby and Stainton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 8.1 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Stokesley is a built-up area of 4,906 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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