Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,680 residents make their home in this town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: homes sell for a median £185,000, about 4.1 times local household income. Its weakest subject is safety (C−) — 30.4 violent and sexual offences and 17.5 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 79%. It lags on schools as well (C): primary results beat 63% of towns in England; secondary results beat 4% of towns in England. The overall grade lands at B−, #43 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Set against the rest, it does better than 53% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health, B− for jobs & income, B for walkability and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Haworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Haworth does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 65 buildings inside Haworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →65 listed buildings in Haworth, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Michael and All Angels: Photo: Dave Green · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Haworth Station: Photo: NRTurner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Baptist Chapel: Photo: Tim Green · CC BY 2.0 · Bridgehouse Mills (Airedale Springs Ltd): Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Haworth, New Jersey, is named after Haworth.
USUS editionHaworth, New Jersey, settled in 1891, takes its name from this town.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Haworth.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Haworth has 114 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. The town’s listed buildings include Haworth Parsonage (Bronte Museum), Grade I. Of the town’s land, 26% lies in conservation areas, lower than West Yorkshire’s towns (96%) yet higher than England’s towns (7%). Historic England’s list names 65 listed buildings here: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 64% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 37.1, and 26% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Between them, two primaries teach 474 pupils in Haworth.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haworth Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 257 | B |
5% of households live in social housing. Private renters make up 23% of households. Behind the median of £185,000: 322 standard sales inside Haworth’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £345,000 | 32 |
| Semi-detached | £221,500 | 72 |
| Terraced | £154,000 | 207 |
| Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Police figures for Haworth’s built-up area: 358 crimes and 37 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. 45% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. There were 6.3 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (7.1) 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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
10% of commuters who live in Haworth also work there. The car carried 81% of commuters at the census. At the census, 16% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below West Yorkshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (27%) alike. Jobs per working resident: 0.5.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
There is no GP practice in Haworth: the nearest is 2 miles off. The nearest A&E to Haworth is Airedale General Hospital, 4.6 miles away. Disability touches 19% of the town’s population.
| Census 2021 | Haworth | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.5% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The middle age in Haworth is 47.2. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Haworth | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Haworth. Best known first.
MuseumBronte Parsonage Museumin town
CastleCliffe Castle4 km outside town, to the northeast · 65K visitors a year
Historic house · National TrustEast Riddlesden Hall4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumMuseum of Rail Travel1.9 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumKeighley Bus Museum3.8 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumEngine Shed1 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
10 notable people were born in Haworth.
Robin Fox: Robinfox123, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jack Carthy: Nicholas Sheard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bob Spink: Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0 · Frank Roper: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Myra Roper: Gordon F. De Lisle, Public domain
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Haworth is a built-up area of 5,680 people, in the Bradford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haworth | 5,680 | — | B− | A− | C− | B− |
| Oakworth | 3,688 | 1.1 | C+ | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Oxenhope | 1,898 | 1.5 | — | B | B− | B |
| Cullingworth | 3,096 | 2.1 | C | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 2.7 | D | A | D− | D |
| Denholme | 2,960 | 2.9 | C− | A− | D− | C+ |
| Harden | 1,602 | 3.1 | — | B− | B+ | B |
| Wilsden | 3,749 | 3.5 | B | B | B− | B− |
Oxenhope and Harden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Haworth Parsonage (Bronte Museum).
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £185,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £150,000, terraced houses £154,000, semi-detached houses £221,500 and detached houses £345,000.
Haworth has 2 state schools; places are handled by Bradford council.
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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