Warwick grades B overall against UK towns: better than 56% of UK towns, and #17 of 34 in Warwickshire. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 23% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is hazard risk (D): 4.1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £340,000 in the last three years, 5.4 times what households in the Warwick council area earn in a year.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Warwick is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Warwick.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B+
Work is close at hand in Warwick: 56% of commuters travel under 5 km, more than in Warwickshire’s towns or England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 43% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
2.8% of people aged 16 to 64 were on unemployment benefits in 2026. Working mainly from home: 43% of workers, above both Warwickshire’s towns (33%) and England’s towns (31%). At the census, three quarters of commuters went by car. Of the commuters living in the town, 39% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
SchoolsB−
On exam results, Warwick’s schools trail 55% of towns in England
Two of its 14 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Myton School’s results beat 78% of schools in England like it. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 8 primary schools: 56% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 14 schools →
Who lives here
More people in Warwick hold a degree than in Warwickshire’s towns or England’s towns: 46%
Over-65s are 17% of the population. The middle age in Warwick is 39.2. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike.
39.2median age
WarwickWarwickshireEngland
Ages · share of residents
17%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications14%
Apprenticeship4%
A levels or similar14%
Degree level46%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenEnglandMen
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
ONS Census 2021 · Warwickshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Safety
Homes in Warwick see more burglary and damage than in Warwickshire’s towns or England’s towns: 17.2 per 1,000 a year
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Violence and sexual offences made up 38% of the total. Violent crime ran at 34.1 per 1,000 residents a year, above Warwickshire’s towns (20.9) and England’s towns (22) alike. Over the year to August 2026, 3,207 offences were reported locally, along with 854 incidents of anti-social behaviour.
34.1violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 37% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual1,218
Shoplifting454
Damage & arson258
Public order258
Burglary243
Other theft217
Vehicle crime194
Other crime145
Anti-social854
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.
34.1
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
17.2
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
21.9
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
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.
History
A town of 350 listed buildings, 13 of them Grade I
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 95 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in Warwick. The town’s listed buildings include the Church of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp Chapel, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, below Warwickshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B
Warwick is graded a B for cost of living grade
Private rents average £1,241 a month across the Warwick council area. 16% rent privately, close to Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and below England’s towns (21%). The £340,000 median rests on 1,901 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
£340Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Warwick£340K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£524,995
547
Semi-detached
£341,250
486
Terraced
£301,000
482
Flat or maisonette
£176,500
386
64%
of households own their home · England 61%
16%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,241
average private rent a month, Warwick council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Health
Is Warwick a healthy place? 85% of its people say their health is good, above Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
At the census, 15% of people here had a disability, lower than both Warwickshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (17%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.8% of the town. 4 GP practices serve the town; 79% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
John Richard Hicks: Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain · Anne Neville: Original uploader was Casper90 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Walter Savage Landor: William Fisher, Public domain · Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick: John Rous, Public domain · Jessica Carter: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hampton Magna, Leek Wootton, Hatton, Bishop's Tachbrook and Barford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Warwick
How many listed buildings are there in Warwick?
That is 3.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp Chapel. It also has 6 scheduled monuments.
Does Warwick flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Is Warwick safe?
About the middle for its size: 63% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
About Warwick
Large town in Warwickshire, England
Warwick is a built-up area of 36,673 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
Population
36,673 (Census 2021)
Council
Warwick
County
Warwickshire
Region
West Midlands
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.4 km²)
ONS code
E63003308
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.
