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In Staffordshire, West Midlands, this large town has 76,074 residents. 15% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
School results trail most towns: primary results beat 24% of towns in England; secondary results beat 15% of towns in England. Taken together, its subjects give Tamworth a C− overall, better than 17% of UK towns. That places it #44 of 46 in Staffordshire. Prices are modest for what you get: the median home sold for £245,000, 4.9 years of area income. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for walkability and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Tamworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Tamworth does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 129 buildings inside Tamworth’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade I, and 3 scheduled monuments.
8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1944.
129 listed buildings in Tamworth, 3 of them Grade I.
Tamworth Castle: Photo: Stan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Editha: Photo: John Goodall · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Town Hall: Photo: flamenc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Castle Hotel Lakins Night Club the Bow Street Runner: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tamworth.
Typical age in Tamworth: 40.8, the median. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, near Staffordshire’s towns (11%) and lower than England’s towns (12%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Tamworth | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 22% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the town’s 4 secondary schools: an Attainment 8 score of 41.3, with 34% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Lakeside Primary School’s results beat 79% of schools in England like it. Three of its 35 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Some 9,142 pupils attend Tamworth’s 27 primaries and four secondaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dosthill Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 468 | C+ |
| Landau Forte Academy, QEMSLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,029 | C+ |
| Lakeside Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 224 | A− |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Homes see 14.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Reported offences in Tamworth came to 5,466 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 886. Of all the crimes, 48% 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.
8 GP practices serve the town; 70% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Tamworth is Good Hope Hospital, 7 miles away. Also worth knowing: at the census, four fifths of people in Tamworth called their health good or very good, about level with Staffordshire’s towns (80%) and below England’s towns (82%).
| Census 2021 | Tamworth | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Private rents average £926 a month across the Tamworth council area. Owners make up 67% of households, about level with Staffordshire’s towns (67%) and above England’s towns (61%). From September 2023 to August 2026, 3,058 homes sold inside the town’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £245,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 904 |
| Semi-detached | £240,000 | 1,112 |
| Terraced | £195,000 | 760 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | 282 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
A household here earns £50K a year before tax, on average. 31% of commuters who live in Tamworth also work there. For every resident in work, Tamworth has 0.7 jobs. The car took 83% of commuters, near Staffordshire’s towns (82%) and higher than England’s towns (70%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 4 of them, Grade I 3. Tamworth’s listed buildings include Causeway Walls to North East of Tamworth Castle, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Tamworth. Best known first.
CastleTamworth Castlein town
ZooDrayton Manor Zoo1.3 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumStatfold Barn Railway and Museum1.3 km outside town, to the northeast
AttractionStormforce 101.4 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or prioryPolesworth Abbey1.6 km outside town, to the east
MuseumMiddleton Hall2.3 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
45 notable people were born in Tamworth.
Marc Albrighton: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Erin Kellyman: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Clem Clempson: Eckhard Henkel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Joe Newell: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Phil Bennion: Leila Paul, CC BY-SA 3.0
Large town in Staffordshire, England
Tamworth is a built-up area of 76,074 people, in the Tamworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth | 76,074 | — | C− | B | C− | C− |
| Fazeley | 7,571 | 1.6 | B− | A | C | C+ |
| Polesworth and Dordon | 7,552 | 2.7 | C− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Polesworth | 1,955 | 2.7 | — | C+ | B | C+ |
| Wood End (North Warwickshire) | 1,562 | 3.2 | — | C | B− | C− |
| Warton | 1,472 | 3.9 | — | C− | B− | C+ |
| Kingsbury | 3,555 | 3.9 | C+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Grendon | 2,427 | 4.1 | — | C | B− | C |
Polesworth, Wood End (North Warwickshire), Warton and Grendon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 85% of towns in England, and primary results trail 76% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Its Grade I buildings include Causeway Walls to North East of Tamworth Castle. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 74% of the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more. Against all UK towns, most of them far smaller, it grades C−.
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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