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Home to 4,272 people, this town lies in Rutland, East Midlands. It skews young: one resident in 5 is 15 to 24.
Health is where it shines (A) — men here can expect to live to 83.7, women to 85.1. Uppingham’s overall grade is A+, better than 97% of UK towns. Homes are affordable: the median home sold for £330,000, 5.3 years of area income. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B for hazard risk.
Figures: life expectancy, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Uppingham 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 Uppingham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 105 buildings inside Uppingham’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
22% 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 Uppingham.
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, near Rutland’s towns (24%) and higher than England’s towns (18%). Ages in Uppingham split evenly at 41.5: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Uppingham | Rutland | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 19% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.3% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Rutland and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 45.6, with 43% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Between them, two primaries and one secondary teach 1,215 pupils in Uppingham. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 72% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leighfield Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 198 | A |
| Uppingham Community CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 919 | B− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The average household earns £61K a year before tax. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 37%, close to Rutland’s towns (38%) and below England’s towns (45%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 28% of commuters at the census. Work in town: just over a third of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes built before 1919 account for just over a fifth of the housing. Uppingham’s listed buildings include The Elizabethan School Room, Grade I. Of the town’s 105 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, Grade I counts 1 and Grade II* 8.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; nearly four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Uppingham is Kettering General Hospital, 12.9 miles away. 86% of people in Uppingham rate their own health good or very good. At the census, 15% of people here had a disability, below both Rutland’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Uppingham | Rutland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Council and housing-body homes hold 18% of households. Half of the 168 standard sales inside Uppingham’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £330,000. 63% of households own their home, about level with England’s towns (61%) and below Rutland’s towns (70%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £418,000 | 64 |
| Semi-detached | £320,000 | 31 |
| Terraced | £271,000 | 62 |
| Flat or maisonette | £152,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences were 37% of the crimes. The violent crime rate is 22.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Police figures for Uppingham’s built-up area: 251 crimes and 44 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026.
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.
105 listed buildings in Uppingham, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Photo: Kate Jewell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Uppingham Bookshop and the Sports Shop: Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Uppingham School Science Block and Victoria Tower: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · White Hart Public House: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Uppingham.
Ada Goodrich Freer: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain · Gabrielle Maud Vassal: Unknown photographer per source, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uppingham | 4,272 | — | A+ | A | C+ | A |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 4.2 | — | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 5.7 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 6.1 | — | C− | A− | C+ |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 6.4 | — | A | A | A− |
| Langham | 1,400 | 7.2 | — | B | A+ | B+ |
| Corby | 68,164 | 7.2 | C− | B | C− | D |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 7.5 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
Gretton, Cottingham and Middleton, Barleythorpe and Langham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 10.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is The Elizabethan School Room.
Band D council tax in Uppingham is £2,796 for 2026–27, more than in 99% 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 the middle for its size: 56% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Town in Rutland, England
Uppingham is a built-up area of 4,272 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
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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