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Population 1,190: a village in Worcestershire, West Midlands.
Bretforton is a safe place by the numbers (A−): 13.2 violent and sexual offences and 8.4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+) — the median home sold for £300,000, 5.4 years of area income. Schools are its weak spot (D−) — primary results beat 4% of towns in England. Walkability is weaker too: 5% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Bretforton has its subject grades alone.
The 3 things Bretforton 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 Bretforton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Bretforton’s built-up area.
26% 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 Bretforton. Best known first.
Abbey or prioryEvesham Abbey4.8 km outside town, to the west
MuseumAlmonry Museum and Heritage Centre4.9 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttraction · National TrustTithe Barn2.6 km outside town, to the northZooZooAll Things Wild1.6 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionSt John the Baptist2.6 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionValley Railway Adventure4.4 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 Bretforton.
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.
The car took 94% of commuters, above both Worcestershire’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (70%). Of the commuters living in Bretforton, 3% work in the town itself. This Worcestershire town counts 0.4 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, 47% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town has one school, shown below. 63 pupils attend Bretforton’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bretforton Village SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 63 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them. Bretforton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Leonard, Grade I. It has 44 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*. Just over a quarter of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Worcestershire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 53% of the total. Police figures for Bretforton’s built-up area: 15 crimes and 5 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Bretforton records less crime per resident than 62% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 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.
Council and housing-body homes hold a fifth of households. The median sale, £300,000, comes from 44 standard sales inside Bretforton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £954 a month across the Wychavon council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £460,000 | 15 |
| Semi-detached | £300,000 | 19 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Women here live to 83.5 on average and men to 77.7 (2019–23). Bretforton has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3 miles away. The nearest A&E to Bretforton is Alexandra Hospital, 13 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Bretforton | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.5% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Aged 15 to 24: 7.9% of residents. Bretforton has a median age of 49.9. Graduates make up 29% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Bretforton | Worcestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Worcestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretforton | 1,190 | — | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Badsey | 2,722 | 1.3 | C+ | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 1.5 | B− | B | A | C+ |
| Offenham | 1,507 | 2.6 | — | B | A− | C+ |
| Evesham | 28,256 | 3.2 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
| Broadway | 2,719 | 3.8 | B | B− | B+ | A− |
| Harvington | 1,717 | 3.9 | — | B− | B | C+ |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 4.4 | — | C− | B | A− |
Offenham, Harvington and Mickleton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Worcestershire council.
That is 15.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Leonard.
About the middle for its size: 38% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Village in Worcestershire, England
Bretforton is a built-up area of 1,190 people, in the Wychavon 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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