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1,331 residents make their home in this village in Staffordshire, West Midlands.
Where it does best is safety (A) — 10.5 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 6.5 home and vehicle crimes. Buying the median home, at £375,000, takes 7.4 years of household income in the East Staffordshire council area. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: on the way to work, 8% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Abbots Bromley is graded subject by subject only.
No state school with published KS2 or GCSE results is in or within 3 km of this town, so it has no School Grade.
The 3 things Abbots Bromley 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 Abbots Bromley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Abbots Bromley is graded subject by subject only.
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Historic England lists them inside Abbots Bromley’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
28% 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 Abbots Bromley.
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Abbots Bromley by age and the one in the middle is 53.6. Degrees are held by 42% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Abbots Bromley | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The one school in town appears below. Its one primary school teaches 106 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Richard Clarke First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 106 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Abbots Bromley counts 54 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 3 Grade II*. Of the town’s land, 44% lies in conservation areas, above Staffordshire’s towns (4%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Before 1919: that is when 28% of homes were built.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 42% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
0.9% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, below Staffordshire’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. At the census, nine in ten commuters went by car. About 7% of its commuters stay in Abbots Bromley for work. A household here earns £58K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Abbots Bromley logged 35 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 5 complaints of anti-social conduct. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 1.5 reports per 1,000, below Staffordshire’s towns (7.4) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Of all the crimes, 46% 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.
Self-reported good health: 86% of Abbots Bromley’s residents. 3.4% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below Staffordshire’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike. The nearest A&E to Abbots Bromley is County Hospital, 9.1 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 98% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Abbots Bromley | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.4% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Social housing holds 7% of households. 14% rent privately, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £858 a month across the East Staffordshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £474,000 | 30 |
| Semi-detached | £305,000 | 8 |
| Terraced | £271,250 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbots Bromley | 1,331 | — | — | C+ | A | B+ |
| Hill Ridware | 1,012 | 4.2 | — | B | B+ | C+ |
| Little Haywood | 1,968 | 4.8 | — | B+ | A+ | A− |
| Rugeley | 26,149 | 4.9 | C | B | C− | C− |
| Hixon | 2,081 | 4.9 | — | A | B | B+ |
| Yoxall | 1,174 | 5.1 | — | B | B | B+ |
| Great Haywood | 2,029 | 5.1 | — | A− | C | B+ |
| Handsacre and Armitage | 4,837 | 5.5 | B− | A− | B− | C |
Hill Ridware, Little Haywood, Hixon, Yoxall and Great Haywood have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 16.6 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £375,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £271,250, semi-detached houses £305,000 and detached houses £474,000.
Village in Staffordshire, England
Abbots Bromley is a built-up area of 1,331 people, in the East Staffordshire 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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