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It is a town of 11,317 residents in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Warmsworth’s weakest is safety: 47.6 violent and sexual offences and 31.4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set beside UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 93%. Where it does best is cost of living: the median home sold for £140,000, 3.3 years of area income. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat 88% of towns in England; secondary results beat 63% of towns in England. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall and a rank of #20 of 63 in South Yorkshire. On that grade it does better than 44% of UK towns. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: life expectancy is 76.6 for men and 80.8 for women. Jobs & income is weaker too (D) — households earn a mean £41,609 a year, and 4.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
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.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Warmsworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Warmsworth does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Warmsworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
15% 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 Warmsworth.
The median resident of Warmsworth is 41.1 years old. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Warmsworth | South Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Between them, four primaries and one secondary teach 2,553 pupils in Warmsworth. Edlington Victoria Academy’s results beat 87% of schools in England like it. Secondary results at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 45.9, with 52% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warmsworth Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 461 | B+ |
| Sir Thomas Wharton AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,226 | A− |
| Edlington Victoria AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 288 | A |
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 1,198 recorded crimes inside Warmsworth’s built-up area, and 126 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up 41% of the total. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 13.4 reports per 1,000, near South Yorkshire’s towns (13.4) and higher than England’s towns (7.8).
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.
Women here live to 80.8 on average and men to 76.6 (2019–23). A disability affects just over a fifth of people in Warmsworth. Add to that, 7.5% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, above both South Yorkshire’s towns (6.7%) and England’s towns (5.2%). 2 GP practices serve the town; 77% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Warmsworth | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.5% | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Private rents average £694 a month across the Doncaster council area. The median sale, £140,000, comes from 355 standard sales inside Warmsworth’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. The social rented sector houses 19% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £215,000 | 45 |
| Semi-detached | £150,000 | 187 |
| Terraced | £100,000 | 122 |
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.
Per 10,000 residents, Warmsworth counts 7 listed buildings. Homes from before 1919 make up 15% of the total, above South Yorkshire’s towns (14%) and close to England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took four in five commuters, higher than both South Yorkshire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%). Just over a third of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. Of the commuters living in Warmsworth, 18% work in the town itself. The town counts 0.6 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Warmsworth. Best known first.
MuseumCusworth Hall2.7 km outside town, to the north
MuseumDanum Gallery, Library and Museum3.6 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumSouth Yorkshire Air Museum4.6 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumKings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum3.6 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumAshworth Barracks Victoria Cross Museum400 m outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Warmsworth is a built-up area of 11,317 people, in the Doncaster 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warmsworth | 11,317 | — | C+ | A | D− | D |
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | 1.9 | C+ | A | D | D |
| Wadworth | 1,156 | 2.3 | — | B+ | C+ | B |
| Sprotbrough | 7,546 | 2.4 | A− | B | B | B |
| Denaby Main | 4,310 | 2.5 | C | A | D− | D− |
| Doncaster | 87,440 | 3.6 | C | A | D− | D |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 13,020 | 3.8 | B | A | C− | C |
| Mexborough | 15,560 | 4 | C | A | D− | D− |
Wadworth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
At the 2021 Census, 10% of Warmsworth’s 11,317 residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £140,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £100,000, semi-detached houses £150,000 and detached houses £215,000.
Secondary results are closer to the middle, beating 63%.
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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