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Private rents average £735 a month. 9,601 people live in this town in North Yorkshire, North East.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. At B+ overall, Yarm ranks #17 of 54 in North Yorkshire. That leaves it better than 72% of UK towns. Where it does best is schools (A) — primary results beat 89% of towns in England; secondary results beat 88% of towns in England. The trade-off is safety: 77 violent and sexual offences and 10.7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 2%. Most journeys need a car: nearly one in ten commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Buying the median home, at £260,000, takes 5.2 years of household income in the Stockton-on-Tees council area.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The 3 things Yarm 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 Yarm is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 114 buildings inside Yarm’s built-up area, 5 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
5% 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 Yarm.
1,952 crimes and 84 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Yarm’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 13.2 reports per 1,000, above both North Yorkshire’s towns (10.3) and England’s towns (7.8). Just over four fifths 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.
Secondary results at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 52.2, with 61% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Levendale Primary School’s results beat 87% of schools in England like it. Yarm’s three primaries and one secondary have 1,984 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarm Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 316 | B+ |
| Conyers SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,258 | B+ |
| Levendale Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 193 | A |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Yarm counts 0.6 jobs per working resident. 9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both North Yorkshire’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (27%). The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.6%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
85% of Yarm’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than both North Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). A disability affects 16% of people here. The nearest A&E to Yarm is University Hospital of North Tees, 5.9 miles away. Life expectancy here is 84.5 for women and 82.2 for men (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Yarm | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
15% rent privately, below both North Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). Social housing holds 8% of households. Also worth knowing: half of the 451 standard sales inside Yarm’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £260,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 254 |
| Semi-detached | £200,000 | 107 |
| Terraced | £170,000 | 61 |
| Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | 29 |
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.
Yarm has 119 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, higher than both North Yorkshire’s towns (58) and England’s towns (39). Homes from before 1919 make up 5% of the total. The national list protects one ancient monument locally.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with North Yorkshire’s towns (16%) and below England’s towns (18%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Yarm | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 47% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Yarm. Best known first.
Historic housePreston Hall2.8 km outside town, to the north
MuseumPreston Park Museum2.8 km outside town, to the northZooZooButterfly World2.6 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
114 listed buildings in Yarm.
Yarm Bridge: Photo: Nosbig Kram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Ketton Ox Public House: Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Town Hall: Photo: AlixChaytor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yarm Methodist Church: Photo: Gordon Hatton · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarm | 9,601 | — | B+ | A− | D− | A− |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 1.8 | A+ | A− | B | B+ |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 2.1 | A+ | A− | A− | A− |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 3.9 | C− | A | D− | D− |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 4.1 | — | B− | C+ | C− |
| Hutton Rudby | 1,955 | 4.3 | — | D | A+ | A+ |
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 4.6 | B− | B | C− | B− |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 5.3 | C+ | A | D− | D |
Stainton and Hutton Rudby have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 4.9 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
GCSE results beat 88% of towns in England, and primary results beat 89% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Yarm is a built-up area of 9,601 people, in the Stockton-on-Tees 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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