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In Staffordshire, West Midlands, this town has 7,571 residents.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: homes sell for a median £249,995, about 4.4 times local household income. Its weakest subject is safety — 30.5 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 12.1 home and vehicle crimes. Only 28% of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have more crime per resident. Overall, that makes a B−, good for #26 of 46 in Staffordshire. On that grade it does better than 53% of UK towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools and B for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The thing Fazeley 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 Fazeley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Fazeley’s built-up area.
5% 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 Fazeley.
Private tenants account for 15% of households. Owners make up 68% of households, near Staffordshire’s towns (67%) and higher than England’s towns (61%). Behind the median of £249,995: 295 standard sales inside Fazeley’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £377,500 | 85 |
| Semi-detached | £250,000 | 109 |
| Terraced | £211,500 | 56 |
| Flat or maisonette | £153,000 | 45 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Longwood Primary School’s results beat 79% of schools in England like it. Below are its two schools. At the town’s 2 primary schools, two thirds of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millfield Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 365 | B− |
| Longwood Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 157 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
5% of homes date from before 1919. For its size, Fazeley has 21 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (25) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
470 crimes and 59 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Fazeley’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Fazeley has more crime per resident than 72% of them. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 54% of recorded crime.
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 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
37% of commuters travelled under 5 km, below Staffordshire’s towns (43%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Fazeley counts 1.6 jobs per working resident. At the census, just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest A&E to Fazeley is Good Hope Hospital, 5.4 miles away. Seeing a GP means leaving Fazeley: the nearest practice is 1.3 miles away. At the census, nearly a fifth of people here had a disability, close to Staffordshire’s towns (19%) and above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Fazeley | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
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.
The age that splits Fazeley in two is 44.9. 16% are under 15, below Staffordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Fazeley | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Fazeley. Best known first.
ZooDrayton Manor Zooin town
AttractionStormforce 10in town
CastleTamworth Castle1 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumStatfold Barn Railway and Museum4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumMiddleton Hall2.9 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionAcceleratorin townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
16 listed buildings in Fazeley.
Church of St Paul: Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina · CC BY 3.0 · Irranley Limited Old Mill: Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 61, Coleshill Street: Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Fazeley Mill: Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazeley | 7,571 | — | B− | A | C | C+ |
| Tamworth | 76,074 | 1.6 | C− | B | C− | C− |
| Kingsbury | 3,555 | 3.5 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Wood End (North Warwickshire) | 1,562 | 3.7 | — | C | B− | C− |
| Polesworth and Dordon | 7,552 | 4 | C− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Polesworth | 1,955 | 4.3 | — | C+ | B | C+ |
| Whittington | 2,477 | 4.5 | — | C+ | A− | B |
| Hurley | 1,420 | 4.7 | — | C+ | C+ | C− |
Wood End (North Warwickshire), Polesworth, Whittington and Hurley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Fazeley is £2,337 for 2026–27, less than in 69% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Staffordshire, England
Fazeley is a built-up area of 7,571 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
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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