Thrybergh and Dalton grades low on several counts. Health is its weak spot: life expectancy 72.3 for men, 78 for women. The town ranks #59 of 63 in South Yorkshire, with a D overall. That leaves it better than 11% of UK towns. Prices are modest for what you get (A): a typical home costs £148,000 and rent runs £686 a month. Crime is the sore point (D−): police record 62.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 25 home and vehicle crimes. Only 2% of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have more crime per resident. Incomes are on the low side: the mean household earns £35,722 a year.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Thrybergh and Dalton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
SchoolsC−
Thrybergh and Dalton’s schools fall behind 82% of towns in England on results
GCSE results at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km: 43% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 44.4. Some 1,154 pupils attend Thrybergh and Dalton’s four primaries and one secondary. At the town’s 4 primary schools, 48% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 5 schools →
Health
Fewer people in Thrybergh and Dalton say their health is good than in South Yorkshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 71%
Thrybergh and Dalton’s share in bad or very bad health, 11%, is the second highest of the 88 towns in South Yorkshire. At the census, 26% of people here had a disability, higher than both South Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (17%). There is no GP practice here: the nearest is 1.7 miles off.
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.
Safety
Thrybergh and Dalton records more crime per resident than 98% of UK towns
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 761 recorded crimes inside Thrybergh and Dalton’s built-up area, and 110 reports of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 19.6 reports per 1,000, higher than both South Yorkshire’s towns (13.4) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences accounted for 50% of recorded crime.
62.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearD−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 2% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual384
Shoplifting88
Damage & arson76
Public order55
Other theft35
Other crime33
Vehicle crime27
Drugs23
Anti-social110
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.
62.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
25
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
19.6
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
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.
HousingCost of living grade A
Social housing is more common in Thrybergh and Dalton than in South Yorkshire’s towns or across England’s towns, at 40% of households
11% of households are private tenants. Owners make up 48% of households, below South Yorkshire’s towns (61%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. The median sale, £148,000, comes from 131 standard sales inside Thrybergh and Dalton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
£148Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Thrybergh and Dalton£148K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£232,500
24
Semi-detached
£148,000
70
Terraced
£127,000
33
48%
of households own their home · England 61%
11%
rent privately · England 21%
£686
average private rent a month, Rotherham council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
Among Thrybergh and Dalton’s 4 listed buildings: the Church of St Leonard, Grade II*
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 6% of the housing. The national list protects 2 ancient monuments in Thrybergh and Dalton. For its size, Thrybergh and Dalton has 7 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below South Yorkshire’s towns (11) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
More people aged 16 to 64 in Thrybergh and Dalton claim unemployment benefits than in South Yorkshire’s towns or England’s towns: 4.4%
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
15% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both South Yorkshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (27%). Thrybergh and Dalton counts 0.5 jobs per working resident. About 7% of its commuters stay in Thrybergh and Dalton for work.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £148,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £127,000, semi-detached houses £148,000 and detached houses £232,500.
Are schools in Thrybergh and Dalton good?
GCSE results trail 60% of towns in England, and primary results trail 95% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
About Thrybergh and Dalton
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Thrybergh and Dalton is a built-up area of 5,858 people, in the Rotherham 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
5,858 (Census 2021)
Council
Rotherham
County
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Area
0.7 sq mi (1.7 km²)
ONS code
E63001324
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.
