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This town in Shropshire, West Midlands has a population of 6,983. One resident in 5 is 15 to 24.
A solid town with one catch. Recorded crime is low (A): 13.9 violent and sexual offences and 4.4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): on the way to work, 27% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The drawback is schools: primary results beat 37% of towns in England. It takes 6.3 years of household income in the Shropshire council area to buy the median home, at £315,000. Overall, that makes an A, better than 87% of UK towns.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS. Albrighton is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
The 3 things Albrighton 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 Albrighton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Albrighton’s built-up area, 4 of them Grade II*, and 2 scheduled monuments.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Albrighton. Best known first.
MuseumRAF Museum Midlandsin town
Historic house · English HeritageBoscobel House3.6 km outside town, to the northeast
PalaceWeston Hall4.4 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhite Ladies Priory2.3 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseChillington Hall4.5 km outside town, to the eastHistoric siteHistoric siteBAC VC10 C.1Kin townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Albrighton.
12% are under 15, below both Shropshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). The median resident of Albrighton is 39.3 years old. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.
43% women, 57% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Albrighton is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
| Albrighton | Shropshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 18% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Shropshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Some 539 pupils attend Albrighton’s two primaries. Below is one of its 2 schools, and why it was picked. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 59% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albrighton Primary School & NurseryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 344 | C− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 44% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 44% of workers worked mainly from home. Households had £56K a year before tax, about level with England’s towns (£55K) and above Shropshire’s towns (£50K). 1.9% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 205 crimes and 29 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Albrighton’s built-up area. There were 3.4 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below Shropshire’s towns (8.2) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 47% of recorded crime.
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.
One GP practice serves the town; 88% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Albrighton is New Cross Hospital, 8.6 miles away. 83% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, about level with England’s towns (82%) and above Shropshire’s towns (80%).
| Census 2021 | Albrighton | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 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.
Historic England’s list names 29 listed buildings in Albrighton: 4 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up 10% of the total, below Shropshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. This Shropshire town has 2 scheduled monuments.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
13% of households live in social housing. Only one of the 20 towns in Shropshire costs more to buy into than Albrighton, whose median sale is £315,000. The median sale, £315,000, comes from 269 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £419,950 | 109 |
| Semi-detached | £305,000 | 84 |
| Terraced | £222,000 | 57 |
| Flat or maisonette | £173,500 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
29 listed buildings in Albrighton.
Railway Station and Footbridge: Photo: A Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Cuthbert: Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Crown Inn: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Railway Bridge: Photo: Jaggery · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albrighton | 6,983 | — | A | B− | A | B+ |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 3.7 | — | B− | B+ | B+ |
| Shifnal | 8,973 | 4 | B+ | B | C+ | B− |
| Codsall | 11,867 | 4.2 | B | B | B | B− |
| Perton | 9,302 | 4.8 | A− | A− | B | B |
| Brewood | 2,552 | 5.7 | C | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Wheaton Aston | 1,995 | 5.9 | — | B | B | B+ |
| Coven | 2,399 | 6.4 | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
Pattingham, Wheaton Aston and Coven have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results trail 63% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). Albrighton has 2 state schools; places are handled by Shropshire council.
Town in Shropshire, England
Albrighton is a built-up area of 6,983 people, in the Shropshire 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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