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7,276 residents make their home in this town in Wiltshire, South West.
Wroughton grades B overall, better than 63% of UK towns, and ranks #19 of 30 in Wiltshire. Its strongest subject is safety — police record 17 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 7.8 home and vehicle crimes. The catch is cost of living: a typical home costs £333,750 and rent runs £1,096 a month. Hazards are a real consideration (C): 1.2% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools, B− for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Wroughton 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 Wroughton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 39 buildings inside Wroughton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wroughton. Best known first.
MuseumSTEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway2.7 km outside town, to the north
FortBarbury Castle2.7 km outside town, to the south
MuseumNational Collections Centre1.1 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumMuseum of Computing2.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumRichard Jefferies Museum3 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumLydiard House4.7 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wroughton.
Degrees are held by 30% of adults, below Wiltshire’s towns (31%) and England’s towns (34%) alike. Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. At 50.3, the median resident of Wroughton sits in the middle of the age range. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.2% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Wroughton | Wiltshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 29% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 31% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Wiltshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below are two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. Between them, two primaries and one secondary teach 2,111 pupils in Wroughton. GCSE results at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km: 47% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 46.6.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wroughton Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 304 | B+ |
| The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,616 | A− |
13% of households live in social housing. Owners make up 78% of households, above both Wiltshire’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%). The £333,750 median rests on 394 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £449,995 | 108 |
| Semi-detached | £340,000 | 180 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | 55 |
| Flat or maisonette | £173,000 | 51 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
45% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Wroughton logged 272 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 68 complaints of anti-social conduct. For its size, Wroughton records less crime per resident than 76% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.6%. At the census, 15% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Wiltshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (27%). Income per household averages £57K a year, before tax. About 13% of its commuters stay in Wroughton for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
A disability affects 19% of people in Wroughton. One GP practice serves the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 5.2% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, about level with England’s towns (5.2%) and above Wiltshire’s towns (4.4%).
| Census 2021 | Wroughton | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 17% | 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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Wroughton’s listed buildings include the Parish Church of St John and St Helen, Grade I. For its size, Wroughton has 54 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below Wiltshire’s towns (124) but above England’s towns (39). One in ten homes date from before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
39 listed buildings in Wroughton, 1 of them Grade I.
Wroughton House: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Old Mill: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The White Hart: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Post Office: Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0
9 notable people were born in Wroughton.
Geoffrey Cox: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0 · Frederick William Pavy: Photomechanical print after Bassano., CC BY 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wroughton | 7,276 | — | B | C | B+ | B− |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 2.6 | — | C− | B− | B− |
| Swindon | 183,687 | 3.1 | C+ | B | C− | C |
| Stratton St Margaret | 20,689 | 4.1 | C+ | B− | C | C+ |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 4.2 | — | D | A+ | A− |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 13,002 | 4.7 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Purton | 3,193 | 5.5 | A | B | A− | B |
| Broad Blunsdon | 6,507 | 5.9 | B+ | C− | B | A− |
Chiseldon and Wanborough have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Parish Church of St John and St Helen. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Wiltshire, England
Wroughton is a built-up area of 7,276 people, in the Swindon 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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