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.
In the comparison, Warwick comes above both Warwickshire’s towns (41%) and England’s towns (45%). 43% of workers worked mainly from home at the census.
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Who lives here
More people in Warwick hold a degree than in Warwickshire’s towns or England’s towns: 46%
For Warwick, that is above both Warwickshire’s towns (35%) and England’s towns (34%). Over-65s are 17% of the population. The median resident of Warwick is 39.2 years old.
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.
Warwick sits above both Warwickshire’s towns (11.9) and England’s towns (9.4) on this measure. Violent crime runs at 34.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 3,207 crimes inside Warwick’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 854 reports 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
History
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.
Warwick has 350 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 13 Grade I, 30 Grade II*. Warwick has 95 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Warwick’s listed buildings include Church of Saint Mary Including Beauchamp Chapel, Grade I.
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Health
Just 3.8% of people in Warwick say their health is bad or very bad, fewer than in Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
That puts Warwick below both Warwickshire’s towns (4.7%) and England’s towns (5.2%). 4 GP practices serve the town; 79% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including 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.
Who lives in Warwick?
At the 2021 Census, 10% of Warwick’s 36,673 residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
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−. Police recorded 3,207 crimes inside Warwick’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 38% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
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.
