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Home to 22,239 people, this large town lies in Warwickshire, West Midlands.
Kenilworth’s best grade is for jobs & income (A+): mean household income £68,698; 1.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. With an A+ overall, Kenilworth sits #1 of 34 in Warwickshire. Nationally, it does better than 96% of UK towns. Schools do well: primary results beat just over nine in ten towns in England; secondary results beat 86% of towns in England. At a median £400,000, a home costs 6.4 times the yearly income of households in the Warwick council area. Hazards are a real consideration: 1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Kenilworth 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 Kenilworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 135 buildings inside Kenilworth’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade I, and 3 scheduled monuments.
11% 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 1903.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Kenilworth. Best known first.
Castle · English HeritageKenilworth Castlein town
CastleWarwick Castle4.9 km outside town, to the south
Abbey or prioryStoneleigh Abbey900 m outside town, to the east
MuseumMidland Air Museum4.1 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionLittle Virginiain townCastleCastleGaunt Towerin townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kenilworth.
Attainment 8 at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km averages 52.6, and 58% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Clinton Primary School’s results beat 94% of schools in England like it. At the town’s 5 primary schools, 72% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 414 | B |
| Kenilworth School and Sixth FormLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,930 | A |
| Clinton Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 217 | A |
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of residents. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above both Warwickshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%). Line up the people of Kenilworth by age and the one in the middle is 48.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Kenilworth | Warwickshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 50% | 35% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Warwickshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Asked at the census, 85% of residents of Kenilworth said they were in good or very good health. Life expectancy here is 86.1 for women and 81.1 for men (2019–23). 2 GP practices serve the town; 82% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Kenilworth | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.6% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 17% | 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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 47% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
47% of workers worked mainly from home at the census. Of the commuters living in Kenilworth, 21% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 0.5.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
919 crimes and 256 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Kenilworth’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 37% of recorded crime. Homes saw 10.2 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, between Warwickshire’s towns (11.9) and England’s towns (9.4).
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Kenilworth’s listed buildings include the Abbey Ruins, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 10% lies in conservation areas, between Warwickshire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (7%). The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Kenilworth is the most expensive of the 34 towns in Warwickshire: its median sale is £400,000. 7% live in social housing, below both Warwickshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). Private renters make up 15% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £600,000 | 403 |
| Semi-detached | £385,000 | 417 |
| Terraced | £307,500 | 215 |
| Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | 179 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
135 listed buildings in Kenilworth, 3 of them Grade I.
Kenilworth Castle: Photo: Unknown photographer · CC BY 1.0 · Abbey Ruins: Photo: Snowmanradio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abbotsford House: Photo: Brianboru100 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Bear and Ragged Staff Inn: Photo: Henryrothery · CC BY-SA 4.0
21 notable people were born in Kenilworth.
Tim Flowers: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Bird Sumner: Attributed to Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain · Julia Slingo: Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles Sumner: Martin Archer Shee, Public domain · Peter Marlow: Barbicanf, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William Henry Draper: Unknown photographer, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenilworth | 22,239 | — | A+ | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Leek Wootton | 1,003 | 1.8 | — | C− | A+ | A+ |
| Burton Green | 1,556 | 2.6 | — | C | B | A |
| Cubbington | 3,895 | 3.7 | A | B− | A− | A− |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 3.9 | — | C+ | A− | A |
| Royal Leamington Spa | 51,321 | 4.2 | B | B | C− | C+ |
| Warwick | 36,673 | 4.2 | B | B | C− | B− |
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 4.5 | A− | C | B+ | A |
Leek Wootton, Burton Green and Hatton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.5 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Abbey Ruins. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
GCSE results beat 86% of towns in England, and primary results beat 91% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Large town in Warwickshire, England
Kenilworth is a built-up area of 22,239 people, in the Warwick 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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