Salford Priors’s story
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England lists them inside Salford Priors’ built-up area.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Salford PriorsWarwickshire
A village of 778 in Warwickshire, West Midlands.
7 places within 12 milesMap →
Church of St Matthew · Photo: Colin Craig · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
778
Census 2021 · Stratford-on-Avon council
Median home
£330K
48 sales in 3 years
Median age
50.9
28% are 65+ · Warwickshire 20%
Degree level
32%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
6%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Salford Priors a good place to live?
Towns under 1,000 residents aren’t graded, so Salford Priors has no grades; its figures are still real. 6% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. It has 12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. It skews older: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Salford Priors stand out
The 3 things Salford Priors does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
6% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Listed buildings per 10,000 residents
History
1 Grade I, including Church of St Matthew; 6.3 times the typical UK town for its size
Historic England’s list, October 2026.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
28% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salford Priors.
Who lives here
Salford Priors has fewer young adults than Warwickshire’s towns or England’s towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24
50.9median age
16% are under 15, below Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The median resident of Salford Priors is 50.9 years old. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
Salford PriorsWarwickshireEngland
Ages · share of residents
28%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications17%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar21%
Degree level32%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Salford Priors | Warwickshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 35% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Warwickshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Schools
The schools around Salford Priors
The one school in town appears below. At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, 60% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town’s primary school has 25 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salford Priors CofE AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 25 | D− |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Work & commute
Salford Priors is a driving town: 93% of commuters go by car, above Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
6%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 33% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income averages £61K a year before tax. 16% of commuters travelled under 5 km, below both Warwickshire’s towns (41%) and England’s towns (45%). For every resident in work, Salford Priors has 1.1 jobs.
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving93%
On foot5%
16%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
£61K
mean household income, before tax
2.6%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Housing
Salford Priors is a town of owners: 79% of households own their home, above Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
£330Kmedian sale
9% rent privately, below Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Private rents average £1,149 a month across the Stratford-on-Avon council area. 48 standard sales inside Salford Priors’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £330,000.
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Salford Priors£330K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £455,000 | 19 |
| Semi-detached | £315,000 | 20 |
| Terraced | £220,000 | 8 |
79%
of households own their home · England 61%
9%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,149
average private rent a month, Stratford-on-Avon council area
£2,527
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Crime recorded by police in Salford Priors
21.9violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year
55% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Salford Priors logged 38 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 19 complaints of anti-social conduct. Per 1,000 residents, 10.7 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual21
Vehicle crime5
Burglary4
Damage & arson2
Public order2
Weapons2
Other theft1
Other crime1
Anti-social19
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.
21.9
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
11.6
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
38
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
Health
More people in Salford Priors live with a disability than in Warwickshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 19%
81%good or very good health
The nearest A&E to Salford Priors is Alexandra Hospital, 8.3 miles away. Seeing a GP means leaving Salford Priors: the nearest practice is 2.4 miles away. 81% of Salford Priors’ residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than Warwickshire’s towns (83%) and near England’s towns (82%).
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 81%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 5%
| Census 2021 | Salford Priors | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
79.9
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
85
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
History
More of the land in Salford Priors is conservation area than in Warwickshire’s towns or England’s towns: 100%
12listed buildings
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Salford Priors’s listed buildings include the Church of St Matthew, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up a quarter of the total, above Warwickshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Relative to its size, Salford Priors keeps 154 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them.
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I1
Grade II*0
Grade II11
Among them · Grade I
- Church of St Matthew Grade I
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
25%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
154
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Salford Priors
13pages on Salford Priors
The big questions
Safety21.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingMedian home £330K · rent £1,149 a monthHousing10 sold in 12 months · busiest street Bomford WaySchools1 state schoolHealthLife expectancy 79.9 (men), 85 (women)Work & commute52% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazards1.5% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Ragley Hall and 3 more in and around Salford Priors
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Salford Priors. Best known first.
Historic houseHistoric houseRagley Hall4 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt galleryJerwood Foundation's sculpture collection4 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttraction · National TrustTithe Barn3.7 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionMaypole4.7 km outside town, to the southwest
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
About Salford Priors
Village in Warwickshire, England
Salford Priors is a built-up area of 778 people, in the Stratford-on-Avon 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
- Population
- 778 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Stratford-on-Avon
- County
- Warwickshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
- ONS code
- E63003578
Salford Priors’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Bidford-on-AvonHarvingtonOffenhamAlcesterWelford-on-AvonBretfortonHoneybourneSalford Priors
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salford Priors | 778 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 1.4 | B | B | B− | B |
| Harvington | 1,717 | 2 | — | B− | B | C+ |
| Offenham | 1,507 | 3.6 | — | B | A− | C+ |
| Alcester | 6,425 | 4.3 | B− | B+ | C | B− |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 4.5 | — | C− | A− | B+ |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 4.7 | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 4.7 | B− | B | A | C+ |
Harvington, Offenham, Welford-on-Avon and Bretforton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Salford Priors
How many listed buildings are there in Salford Priors?
That is 6.3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Matthew.
How much is council tax in Salford Priors?
Band D council tax in Salford Priors is £2,527 for 2026–27, more than in 71% 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.
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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