Clipsham’s story
Old homes in Clipsham: 34% built before 1919
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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ClipshamRutland
The village, home to 1,150 people, lies in Rutland, East Midlands.
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Population
1,150
Census 2021 · Rutland council
Median age
35
3% are 65+ · Rutland 24%
Degree level
18%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
44%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Clipsham a good place to live?
Clipsham is a safe place by the numbers (A+): police record 0 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 0 home and vehicle crimes. Housing is within reach: rent £961 a month. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A). Over-65s are only 3% of the population.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Clipsham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
No state school with published KS2 or GCSE results is in or within 3 km of this town, so it has no School Grade.
What makes Clipsham stand out
The 3 things Clipsham does most differently from other towns.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
Only 3% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
100%of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Safety
Less crime than 100%
of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Per resident, police.uk, 3 years.
Homes built before 1919
History
34% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical UK town
Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period.
How Clipsham grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Clipsham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentA+Open →Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →Jobs & incomeMean household income £68,567A−Open →HealthLife expectancy 82.6 for men, 86 for womenBOpen →
SchoolsNot graded yet–
WalkabilityNot graded yet–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History0 listed buildingsC−Open →Outdoors0% live within 400 m of a parkD−Open →Civic life0% live within 1 km of a libraryD−Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clipsham.
Safety
For a town of its size, Clipsham is quiet: less crime per resident than 100% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
0violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 100% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual0
Shoplifting0
Damage & arson0
Public order0
Other theft0
Burglary0
Drugs0
Vehicle crime0
Anti-social0
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.
0
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
0
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
0
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
0
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
HousingCost of living grade A
Clipsham is a town of owners: 86% of households own their home, above Rutland’s towns and England’s towns
13% rent privately, lower than both Rutland’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%). Social housing holds 2% of households. That is the middle of 7 standard sales inside Clipsham’s built-up area over three years, against £277,000 in the typical UK town.
£0Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Clipsham£0K
Typical UK town£277K
86%
of households own their home · England 61%
13%
rent privately · England 21%
£961
average private rent a month, Rutland council area
£2,699
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
Clipsham keeps more of its old housing than Rutland’s towns or England’s towns: 34% built before 1919
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list has no building inside Clipsham’s built-up area.
0listed buildingsC−History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II0
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
34%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
0
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
Clipsham gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in Rutland’s towns and across England’s towns: 44% of commuters
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
1.2% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, below both Rutland’s towns (1.7%) and England’s towns (2.3%). By car: that was how 49% of commuters travelled at the census. Work in town: just over a fifth of resident commuters. For just over a third of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
44%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving49%
On foot28%
Train11%
Bus4%
Bicycle1%
34%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
£69K
mean household income, before tax
1.2%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Fewer people in Clipsham say their health is good than in Rutland’s towns or across England’s towns: 74%
Seeing a GP means leaving Clipsham: the nearest practice is 1.9 miles away. The town’s share in bad or very bad health, 6.4%, is the highest of the 8 towns in Rutland. In addition, at the census, 31% of people here had a disability, higher than both Rutland’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%). Men in Clipsham can expect to live to 82.6, women to 86 (2019–23).
74%good or very good healthBHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 74%Fair 20%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Clipsham | Rutland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.4% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 31% | 16% | 17% |
82.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
86
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Who lives here
Children make up only 1.7% of Clipsham, fewer than in Rutland’s towns and across England’s towns
Degrees are held by 18% of adults, below both Rutland’s towns (37%) and England’s towns (34%). Those 65 and older account for 2.9% of residents. Line up the people of Clipsham by age and the one in the middle is 35.
35median age
ClipshamRutlandEngland
Ages · share of residents
12%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications20%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level18%
Women and men · all residents
5% women, 95% men
About 6 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
| Clipsham | Rutland | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 1.7% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 64% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 20% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 2.9% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 18% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Rutland and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Clipsham
12pages on Clipsham
The big questions
Out and about
Clipsham’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
South WithamGreethamColsterworthCorby GlenRyhallStamfordOakhamClipsham
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipsham | 1,150 | — | — | A | A+ | B |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 2.4 | — | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 3.2 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 4.4 | — | A− | C− | B+ |
| Corby Glen | 1,006 | 5.3 | — | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Ryhall | 1,444 | 6.4 | — | A | A | A |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 7.4 | A− | B+ | C+ | B |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 8.1 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
South Witham, Colsterworth, Corby Glen and Ryhall have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Clipsham
How much is council tax in Clipsham?
Band D council tax in Clipsham is £2,699 for 2026–27, more than in 96% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About Clipsham
Village in Rutland, England
Clipsham is a built-up area of 1,150 people, in the Rutland 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
- Population
- 1,150 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Rutland
- County
- Rutland
- Region
- East Midlands
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
- ONS code
- E63002354
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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