Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 14,191 people live in this town, in Shropshire, West Midlands.
Cost of living is a strength too: homes sell for a median £260,000, about 5.3 times local household income. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, better than just over four fifths of UK towns. It ranks #2 of 19 in Shropshire. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B− for health, B− for jobs & income, B− for walkability and B for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Newport 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 Newport is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 117 buildings inside Newport’s built-up area, 5 of them Grade II*, and 2 scheduled monuments.
8% 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 Newport.
Of its 8 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. Haberdashers' Adams’s results beat 98% of schools in England like it. Some 4,094 pupils attend Newport’s five primaries and three secondaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 318 | B− |
| Haberdashers' AdamsLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,090 | A+ |
| Newport Girls' High School AcademyTop results in townSecondary | Secondary | 884 | A+ |
12% live in social housing, below both Shropshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 67%. Private rents average £861 a month across the Telford and Wrekin council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £337,750 | 246 |
| Semi-detached | £235,000 | 154 |
| Terraced | £212,500 | 106 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,500 | 36 |
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.
8% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Shropshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (16%). Grade II* covers 5 of them. Newport has 2 scheduled monuments.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
14% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Shropshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (27%). For every resident in work, Newport has 0.6 jobs. About 21% of its commuters stay in Newport for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest A&E to Newport is The Princess Royal Hospital, 6.9 miles away. 2 GP practices serve the town; 93% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Also worth knowing: women here live to 84.6 on average and men to 80.9 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Newport | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 19% | 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.
Homes saw 7.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Shropshire’s towns (8.7) and England’s towns (9.4). Reported offences in Newport came to 668 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 95. Of all the crimes, 59% were 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.
The median resident of Newport is 44.4 years old. Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Shropshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Newport | Shropshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Shropshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
117 listed buildings in Newport.
Church of St Nicholas of Myra: Photo: Novacool88 · Public domain · Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place: Photo: DeVerdon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Almshouses: Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm: Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
10 notable people were born in Newport.
Percy John Heawood: no coneguts, Public domain · Peter Bottomley: UK Parliament, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Callum Burton: JMShrewsbury, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 14,191 | — | A− | B+ | B− | B− |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 2.2 | — | C+ | A | B+ |
| Gnosall | 4,039 | 5.1 | A+ | A | B+ | A− |
| Shifnal | 8,973 | 6.9 | B+ | B | C+ | B− |
| Telford | 156,890 | 7.1 | C | A− | D | D |
| Wheaton Aston | 1,995 | 7.6 | — | B | B | B+ |
| Eccleshall | 3,229 | 8 | A− | A− | B+ | A− |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 9.8 | A | B− | A | B+ |
Edgmond and Wheaton Aston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3.4 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
GCSE results beat 98% of towns in England, and primary results beat 77% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Town in Shropshire, England
Newport is a built-up area of 14,191 people, in the Telford and Wrekin 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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