Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 10,173: a town in Worcestershire, West Midlands. Over-65s are 22% of the population.
Cost of living is its strong suit — the median home sold for £330,500, 5.5 years of area income. Getting around depends on the car: 9% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #8 of 22 in Worcestershire. Nationally, it does better than 63% of UK towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B− for schools, B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Catshill is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Catshill does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Catshill’s built-up area.
7% 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 Catshill.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Catshill has the fewest listed buildings of the towns in Worcestershire. Homes built before 1919 account for 7% of the housing.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Of its 4 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. GCSE results at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km: just over two in five pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 43.4. Between them, two primaries and one secondary teach 886 pupils in Catshill.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catshill First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 315 | – |
| Catshill Middle SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 424 | C− |
Owners make up 77% of households, above Worcestershire’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Private rents average £992 a month across the Bromsgrove council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £443,500 | 168 |
| Semi-detached | £309,000 | 130 |
| Terraced | £220,000 | 101 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | 15 |
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 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 29%, below Worcestershire’s towns (46%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Of the commuters living in Catshill, 7% work in the town itself. This Worcestershire town counts 0.3 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. The middle age in Catshill is 45.5. Just over a third of adults hold a degree, higher than Worcestershire’s towns (32%) and near England’s towns (34%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Catshill | Worcestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Worcestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Catshill logged 460 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 81 complaints of anti-social conduct. 51% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 8.9 reports per 1,000, above both Worcestershire’s towns (6.3) 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 nearest A&E to Catshill is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 7.6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 84% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Also worth knowing: at the census, 16% of people here had a disability, below Worcestershire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%) alike.
| Census 2021 | Catshill | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Catshill. Best known first.
Historic house · National TrustRosedene2.3 km outside town, to the west
MuseumAvoncroft Museum of Buildings4.2 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumNorton Collection Museum1.3 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumNational Telephone Kiosk Collection4.1 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Worcestershire, England
Catshill is a built-up area of 10,173 people, in the Bromsgrove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catshill | 10,173 | — | B | A | B− | B− |
| Blackwell | 1,209 | 1.9 | — | B− | A | A |
| Bromsgrove | 34,759 | 2.2 | B+ | A | C | C+ |
| Barnt Green | 3,821 | 2.3 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 3.5 | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Romsley | 1,153 | 3.7 | — | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Stoke Prior | 2,226 | 4.7 | — | A | B+ | B− |
| Hagley | 7,012 | 5.6 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
Blackwell, Romsley and Stoke Prior have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 75% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades B−.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
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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