Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,831 residents in Staffordshire, West Midlands.
Neither a standout nor a worry on most counts. Households here earn well: mean household income £66,408; 2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Alrewas’s overall grade of B+ puts it better than 74% of UK towns, #9 of 46 in Staffordshire. It takes 6.5 years of household income in the Lichfield council area to buy the median home, at £370,000. The catch is walkability — on the way to work, 12% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for hazard risk.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Alrewas is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Alrewas does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 46 buildings inside Alrewas’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →46 listed buildings in Alrewas, 1 of them Grade I.
Bridge Cottage: Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The George and Dragon: Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 3, Post Office Road: Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Essington House: Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Alrewas.
Graduates make up 38% of adults. 13% are under 15, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of residents. Half of Alrewas is older than 52.8, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Alrewas | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 29% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
62% of pupils at the 2 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 210 | C− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list names 46 listed buildings in Alrewas: 1 Grade I. The town’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. Also worth knowing: of Alrewas’ land, 38% lies in conservation areas, above both Staffordshire’s towns (4%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest A&E to Alrewas is Queens Hospital, 7 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 88% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. A disability affects 18% of people locally.
| Census 2021 | Alrewas | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.3% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 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.
There were 3.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below Staffordshire’s towns (7.4) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 112 offences in Alrewas and 17 cases of nuisance behaviour. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Alrewas has less crime per resident than 72% of them. Of all the crimes, 52% 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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.7 jobs in Alrewas for each resident in work. 86% of commuters drove, above Staffordshire’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Home was the main workplace for 40% of workers at the census. About 10% of its commuters stay in Alrewas for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Private renters make up nearly one in ten households, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (21%). The social rented sector houses 7% of households. Alrewas is the most expensive of the 47 towns in Staffordshire: its median sale is £370,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £490,000 | 77 |
| Semi-detached | £287,500 | 67 |
| Terraced | £372,500 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Town in Staffordshire, England
Alrewas is a built-up area of 2,831 people, in the Lichfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alrewas | 2,831 | — | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Fradley | 3,609 | 1.6 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Barton-under-Needwood | 4,713 | 2.3 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Yoxall | 1,174 | 3.1 | — | B | B | B+ |
| King's Bromley | 1,031 | 3.1 | — | C | A | B |
| Streethay | 2,166 | 3.6 | — | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Whittington | 2,477 | 4.2 | — | C+ | A− | B |
| Lichfield | 32,586 | 4.8 | B+ | B | C− | C+ |
Yoxall, King's Bromley, Streethay and Whittington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 6.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £370,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £372,500, semi-detached houses £287,500 and detached houses £490,000.
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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