Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The large town, home to 51,321 people, lies in Warwickshire, West Midlands. Roughly one resident in 6 is aged 15 to 24.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Royal Leamington Spa grades B overall and ranks #12 of 34 in Warwickshire. On that grade it does better than 64% of UK towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 28% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Safety lags: 34 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Against UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more, it has more crime per resident than 26%. At a median £330,000, a home costs 5.2 times the yearly income of households in the Warwick council area. Health lags: life expectancy is 78.1 for men and 82.8 for women.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Royal Leamington Spa is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Royal Leamington Spa does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 434 buildings inside Royal Leamington Spa’s built-up area, 19 of them Grade II*.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →434 listed buildings in Royal Leamington Spa.
Regent Hotel: Photo: Cls14 · CC BY 2.5 · Church of St John the Baptist: Photo: Robin Stott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Former Town Hall: Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lillington Library: Photo: Rtaulbut · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Royal Leamington Spa.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 45% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
45% of workers worked mainly from home, above both Warwickshire’s towns (33%) and England’s towns (31%). The car carried 70% of commuters at the census. Jobs per working resident: 0.9.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Below are three of its 15 schools, each with why it was picked. Some 3,479 pupils attend Royal Leamington Spa’s 13 primaries and one secondary. Attainment 8 at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km averages 48.8, and 53% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydenham Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 414 | B |
| Trinity Catholic SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 369 | D |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | – | A+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Scaled to its population, that is 85 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in Royal Leamington Spa. This Warwickshire town counts 434 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 19 Grade II*. Of the town’s land, 29% lies in conservation areas, above both Warwickshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Warwickshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Royal Leamington Spa has a median age of 36.3. 45% of adults hold a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Royal Leamington Spa | Warwickshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 45% | 35% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Warwickshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 4,295 offences in Royal Leamington Spa and 1,089 cases of nuisance behaviour. There were 17.3 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above Warwickshire’s towns (10.3) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Among the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more, Royal Leamington Spa has less crime per resident than nearly three quarters of them. Violence and sexual offences made up two fifths of the total.
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; 84% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Women here live to 82.8 on average and men to 78.1 (2019–23). 16% of residents have a disability, lower than both Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Royal Leamington Spa | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.3% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 17% | 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.
Owners make up 53% of households. 19% live in social housing, about level with England’s towns (18%) and above Warwickshire’s towns (14%). Half of the 1,997 standard sales inside Royal Leamington Spa’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £330,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £634,275 | 256 |
| Semi-detached | £350,000 | 503 |
| Terraced | £350,000 | 592 |
| Flat or maisonette | £224,750 | 646 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Royal Leamington Spa. Best known first.
Art galleryRoyal Pump Roomsin town
CastleWarwick Castle2 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or prioryStoneleigh Abbey2.8 km outside town, to the north
MuseumSt John's House1.6 km outside town, to the west
MuseumMarket Hall Warwickshire Museum2.3 km outside town, to the west
MuseumRoyal Regiment of Fusiliers1.6 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
131 notable people were born in Royal Leamington Spa.
Aleister Crowley: Aleister Crowley, Public domain · Ben Foster: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Christian Horner: Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William Renshaw: J. Russell & Son, Public domain · Ernest Renshaw: Elliot & Fry, Public domain
Large town in Warwickshire, England
Royal Leamington Spa is a built-up area of 51,321 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Leamington Spa | 51,321 | — | B | B | C− | C+ |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 1.7 | A | B | A− | C+ |
| Radford Semele | 2,301 | 1.7 | — | B | A− | A− |
| Cubbington | 3,895 | 1.8 | A | B− | A− | A− |
| Warwick | 36,673 | 2.1 | B | B | C− | B− |
| Leek Wootton | 1,003 | 2.7 | — | C− | A+ | A+ |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 3 | — | B | A− | A |
| Hampton Magna | 1,636 | 4 | — | B− | B− | A |
Radford Semele, Leek Wootton, Bishop's Tachbrook and Hampton Magna have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3.5 times the typical UK town for its size.
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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