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A town of 5,852 in Warwickshire, West Midlands.
Shipston-on-Stour grades B+ overall against UK towns: better than 69% of UK towns, and #9 of 34 in Warwickshire. Its strongest subject is health (A−): life expectancy 82.2 for men, 85.8 for women. The median home sold for £360,000 in the last three years, 6 times what households in the Stratford-on-Avon council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Shipston-on-Stour 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 Shipston-on-Stour is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 90 buildings inside Shipston-on-Stour’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1915.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Shipston-on-Stour.
Shipston-on-Stour sits above both Warwickshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 15% of residents. Shipston-on-Stour has a median age of 48.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Shipston-on-Stour | Warwickshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 35% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Warwickshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipston-on-Stour Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 400 | A |
| Shipston High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 526 | C |
Women here live to 85.8 on average and men to 82.2 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Shipston-on-Stour is Horton General Hospital, 12.5 miles away. At the census, 19% of people here had a disability, above both Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Shipston-on-Stour | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.8% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 100% of Shipston-on-Stour’s land, above both Warwickshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (7%). Shipston-on-Stour has 154 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Shipston-on-Stour has 90 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Shipston-on-Stour below both Warwickshire’s towns (41%) and England’s towns (45%). 16% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Police recorded 303 crimes inside Shipston-on-Stour’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 77 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 50% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent 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
On this, Shipston-on-Stour is below both Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £432,500 | 140 |
| Semi-detached | £290,000 | 71 |
| Terraced | £260,000 | 63 |
| Flat or maisonette | £188,500 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
90 listed buildings in Shipston-on-Stour.
Church of St Edmund: Photo: Richard Rogerson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Martin: Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The George Hotel: Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Barcheston Bridge: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Shipston-on-Stour.
Edward William Mountford: Photo credit: Elliott & Fry, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipston-on-Stour | 5,852 | — | B+ | B− | B− | A− |
| Ettington | 1,064 | 5.2 | — | C | B | A |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 5.7 | C+ | C | C+ | B+ |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 6.1 | — | C− | B | A− |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 6.2 | — | B− | B | A− |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 6.4 | — | C− | B | A |
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 6.4 | — | D | C | A |
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | 6.7 | — | B | D− | A− |
Ettington, Mickleton, Lower Quinton, Blockley, Chipping Campden and Meon Vale have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 6.3 times the typical UK town for its size.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £360,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £188,500, terraced houses £260,000, semi-detached houses £290,000 and detached houses £432,500.
Town in Warwickshire, England
Shipston-on-Stour is a built-up area of 5,852 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
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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