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12% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Home to 2,963 people, this town lies in Shropshire, West Midlands.
Prices are modest for what you get (B+): homes sell for a median £249,000, about 5 times local household income. Taken together, its subjects give Cleobury Mortimer a B− overall, better than 52% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #7 of 19 in Shropshire. Health outcomes beat most towns (B+): men here can expect to live to 80.4, women to 86.2. Schools lag: primary results beat 28% of towns in England; secondary results beat 15% of towns in England. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Cleobury Mortimer 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 Cleobury Mortimer is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 70 buildings inside Cleobury Mortimer’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
18% 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 Cleobury Mortimer.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Cleobury Mortimer has 70 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*. Its listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 22% lies in conservation areas, above Shropshire’s towns (7%) and England’s towns (7%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Between them, one primary and one secondary teach 803 pupils in Cleobury Mortimer. Its two schools are listed below. Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 57% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleobury Mortimer Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 240 | C− |
| The Lacon Childe SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 563 | C− |
The median resident of Cleobury Mortimer is 46.5 years old. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of the town. 30% of adults hold a degree, about level with Shropshire’s towns (29%) and below England’s towns (34%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Cleobury Mortimer | Shropshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Shropshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The owner-occupied share of households is 67%. 101 standard sales inside Cleobury Mortimer’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £249,000. Private rents average £823 a month across the Shropshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £350,000 | 45 |
| Semi-detached | £224,250 | 28 |
| Terraced | £192,500 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Cleobury Mortimer is Russells Hall Hospital, 17.5 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 98% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, nearly a fifth of people here had a disability, about level with Shropshire’s towns (19%) and above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Cleobury Mortimer | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Violent crime ran at 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Shropshire’s towns (25.5) and England’s towns (22). The 12 months to August 2026 brought 117 recorded crimes inside Cleobury Mortimer’s built-up area, and 4 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Cleobury Mortimer records less crime per resident than 68% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Cleobury Mortimer has 0.8 jobs. The car took 86% of commuters, above Shropshire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Also worth knowing: household income averages £46K a year before tax. Of the commuters living here, 20% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
70 listed buildings in Cleobury Mortimer, 1 of them Grade I.
The Vicarage: Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Old Lion Public House: Photo: Mr M Evison · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Old School: Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Turnpike Cottage: Photo: Milestone Society · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleobury Mortimer | 2,963 | — | B− | B+ | B | B+ |
| Highley | 3,305 | 6.3 | C+ | A | C+ | B− |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 6.8 | B | B+ | C | B+ |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 7 | C− | C | C+ | B− |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 7.9 | — | B | A− | B |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 8.9 | D | C+ | C | C |
| Wolverley | 1,208 | 9.5 | — | C− | B− | B |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 9.7 | C | B+ | C | C+ |
Alveley and Wolverley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 9.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
GCSE results trail 85% of towns in England, and primary results trail 72% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Cleobury Mortimer has 2 state schools; places are handled by Shropshire council.
Town in Shropshire, England
Cleobury Mortimer is a built-up area of 2,963 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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