Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
On the way to work, 12% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The village, home to 1,867 people, lies in West Midlands.
Where it does best is jobs & income: households earn a mean £64,845 a year, and 1.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Housing is expensive: the median home sold for £500,000, 8.2 years of area income. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety, C+ for walkability and B− for hazard risk. 24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Hampton in Arden has its subject grades alone.
The 3 things Hampton in Arden 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 Hampton in Arden is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Hampton in Arden’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hampton in Arden.
Its only school is listed below. At the one primary school within 3 km, 70% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). 220 pupils attend Hampton in Arden’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Fentham Endowed SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 220 | B+ |
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.5% of the town, and on top of that at the census, 13% of people here had a disability, below West Midlands’ towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%) alike. Men in Hampton in Arden can expect to live to 82.7, women to 86.1 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; 94% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Hampton in Arden | West Midlands | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.5% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 2 of them, Grade I 1. Hampton in Arden’s listed buildings include the Church of Saint Mary and Saint Bartholomew, Grade I. Relative to its size, Hampton in Arden keeps 129 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above both West Midlands’ towns (6) and England’s towns (39). Homes from before 1919 make up 21% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
11% rent privately, lower than both West Midlands’ towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). Social housing holds 8% of households. Private rents average £1,279 a month across the Solihull council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £672,250 | 42 |
| Semi-detached | £485,000 | 15 |
| Terraced | £377,500 | 18 |
| Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | 16 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 48% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 85% of commuters, above both West Midlands’ towns (73%) and England’s towns (70%). The census counted 48% of workers working mainly from home. Jobs per working resident: 2.2.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Per 1,000 residents, 18.3 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 53 offences in Hampton in Arden and 5 cases of nuisance behaviour. Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Hampton in Arden has more crime per resident than three quarters of them. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 2.7 reports per 1,000, below both West Midlands’ towns (6.2) and England’s towns (7.8).
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
Children are 16% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, lower than both West Midlands’ towns (14%) and England’s towns (12%). Over-65s are 20% of the population. Typical age in Hampton in Arden: 45.8, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Hampton in Arden | West Midlands | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 8.8% | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8% | 4.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 52% | 28% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Midlands and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Hampton in Arden. Best known first.
MuseumNational Motorcycle Museum200 m outside town, to the north · 250K visitors a yearMuseumMuseumVillage Museum3.8 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton in Arden | 1,867 | — | — | C | C+ | A− |
| Meriden | 2,203 | 2.4 | — | B− | C− | B+ |
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 3.3 | A− | C | B+ | A |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 3.7 | A | C | B | A |
| Solihull | 107,754 | 4.4 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Coleshill | 6,744 | 5.1 | C | C | D | C+ |
| Burton Green | 1,556 | 5.3 | — | C | B | A |
| Cheswick Green | 2,743 | 5.8 | A | B− | B+ | A |
Meriden and Burton Green have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 5.3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of Saint Mary and Saint Bartholomew. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Primary results beat 88% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Solihull council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £500,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £210,000, terraced houses £377,500, semi-detached houses £485,000 and detached houses £672,250.
Police recorded 53 crimes inside Hampton in Arden’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 42% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Village in West Midlands, England
Hampton in Arden is a built-up area of 1,867 people, in the Solihull 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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