Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 51,900 people live in this large town, in West Midlands. 44% of households own their home with no mortgage.
Health is a weak point (C): men here can expect to live to 79.8, women to 82.6. Kingswinford’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 41% of UK towns, #11 of 35 in West Midlands. Schools lag: primary results beat just over a fifth of towns in England; secondary results beat 50% of towns in England. Where it does best is cost of living — a typical home costs £250,000 and rent runs £858 a month. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Kingswinford is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Kingswinford does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Kingswinford’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade II*, and 2 scheduled monuments.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →36 listed buildings in Kingswinford.
Glass Cone at Stuart and Sons Red House Glassworks: Photo: Nozza · Public domain · The Cross Hotel Public House: Photo: Stephen Rogerson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Double Lock Cottage: Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Buildings at Stuart Crystal Glassworks (White House Complex) Including the Mill Engine House, Managers Office, Former Flour Mill, And the Former Flour Mill Extension (Bone Mill) and Engine House: Photo: Roger D Kidd · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kingswinford.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
5% of homes were built before 1919. Grade II* covers 3 of them. Also worth knowing: 2 scheduled monuments lie in Kingswinford.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Three of its 21 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Summerhill School’s results beat 78% of schools in England like it. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 15 primary schools: 55% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glynne Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 474 | B |
| Summerhill SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,093 | A− |
| Kingswinford AcademyTop results in townSecondary | Secondary | 917 | A− |
19% of residents in Kingswinford live with a disability. 5 GP practices serve the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Women here live to 82.6 on average and men to 79.8 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Kingswinford | West Midlands | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.5% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Social housing holds just over one in ten households, below West Midlands’ towns (22%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Renting privately is how just over one in ten households live. 1,930 standard sales inside Kingswinford’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £250,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £345,000 | 473 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 947 |
| Terraced | £224,950 | 366 |
| Flat or maisonette | £144,975 | 144 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Homes saw 14.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, between West Midlands’ towns (19.6) and England’s towns (9.4). Violence and sexual offences made up just over two fifths of the total. Violent crime comes to 24.8 per 1,000 residents a year. 2,904 crimes and 85 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Kingswinford’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026.
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Unemployment benefit claims reached 3.1% of 16 to 64s in 2026. 86% of commuters drove, above West Midlands’ towns (73%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. For 50% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Of the commuters living in Kingswinford, 18% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both West Midlands’ towns (14%) and England’s towns (12%); what’s more, the under-15s are 16% of the population here. Kingswinford has a median age of 45.8 years. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Kingswinford | West Midlands | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 4.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 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 Kingswinford. Best known first.
MuseumRed House Glass Conein town
MuseumBroadfield House Glass Museumin town
MuseumThe Lace Guild Museumin town
CastleDudley Castle3 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumBlack Country Living Museum3.6 km outside town, to the northeast
Abbey or prioryPriory Ruins2.8 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
17 notable people were born in Kingswinford.
Phil Bennett: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0
Large town in West Midlands, England
Kingswinford is a built-up area of 51,900 people, in the Dudley 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswinford | 51,900 | — | C+ | B+ | C+ | C |
| Brierley Hill | 32,311 | 1.8 | C | A | D | C− |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 2.5 | — | C+ | C | B |
| Stourbridge | 56,961 | 2.8 | C+ | B | C− | C |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 2.9 | C− | A | D− | D |
| Sedgley | 31,976 | 3 | C | B+ | C− | C |
| Wombourne | 12,810 | 3.3 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Cradley Heath | 18,819 | 4 | D− | C− | D | D |
Swindon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Against all UK towns, most of them far smaller, it grades C+.
GCSE results trail 50% of towns in England, and primary results trail 78% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Band D council tax in Kingswinford is £2,145 for 2026–27, less than in 84% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). 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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