Rugby: local statistics
Rugby is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 125,594 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Rugby, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
125,594 people lived in Rugby in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 2.4% on mid-2024. That is 19,267 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 18.1%, against +7.8% for the West Midlands as a whole. That is the 2nd fastest growth of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Rugby took home £891.70 a week before tax, or £47,191 over a year. That is 22.0% above the figure for the West Midlands and the 3rd highest in the West Midlands. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £796.80, £94.90 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £576.30, so it has risen 55% before inflation.
In the year to March 2026, 6,742 offences were recorded by police in Rugby: 53.7 per 1,000 people, the 19th highest rate of 22 in the West Midlands. A year earlier it was 54.8. The highest rate in the series was 72.5, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Rugby is £2,483.05, 4.4% more than in 2025-26. It is the 10th highest of 30 in the West Midlands. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,635.01.
The average house price in Rugby was £272,696 in July 2026, down 3.5% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 12th highest of 30 in the West Midlands; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. The July peak was £282,722 in 2025, and prices are 39% above July 2016. The average price is 5.8 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Rugby. That ratio is the 2nd lowest ratio in the West Midlands.
In August 2026, 2,245 people in Rugby were on the claimant count, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the West Midlands was 5.3%. Twelve months before, it was 2.7%. The five-year high was 3.6% (August 2021); the low was 2.3% (January 2024).
Life expectancy at birth in Rugby is 82.9 years for women and 79.6 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 1.1 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.8 less. It is the 19th highest for women of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
In March 2026, 5,660 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Rugby, 3% more than in 2016. There are 45 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the West Midlands, 13th of 30.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.8% of Rugby residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 6.4 points either way; the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 75.7% and its highest 86.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 106,327 |
| 2016 | 107,555 |
| 2017 | 108,671 |
| 2018 | 109,418 |
| 2019 | 110,998 |
| 2020 | 112,672 |
| 2021 | 114,835 |
| 2022 | 116,812 |
| 2023 | 119,644 |
| 2024 | 122,666 |
| 2025 | 125,594 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £195,757 |
| July 2017 | £206,846 |
| July 2018 | £219,056 |
| July 2019 | £219,341 |
| July 2020 | £229,270 |
| July 2021 | £247,954 |
| July 2022 | £271,626 |
| July 2023 | £272,317 |
| July 2024 | £267,096 |
| July 2025 | £282,722 |
| July 2026 | £272,696 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £576.30 a week |
| 2016 | £567.40 a week |
| 2017 | £570.80 a week |
| 2018 | £619.00 a week |
| 2019 | £600.80 a week |
| 2020 | £636.40 a week |
| 2021 | £658.40 a week |
| 2022 | £674.80 a week |
| 2023 | £731.30 a week |
| 2024 | £818.90 a week |
| 2025 | £891.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,635.01 |
| 2017-18 | £1,690.37 |
| 2018-19 | £1,772.74 |
| 2019-20 | £1,870.94 |
| 2020-21 | £1,943.65 |
| 2021-22 | £2,009.33 |
| 2022-23 | £2,082.17 |
| 2023-24 | £2,165.97 |
| 2024-25 | £2,269.87 |
| 2025-26 | £2,378.04 |
| 2026-27 | £2,483.05 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 59.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 64.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 71.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 72.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 69.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 60.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 66.5 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 62.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 57.9 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 54.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 82.7% |
| 2016/17 | 81.6% |
| 2017/18 | 84.0% |
| 2018/19 | 83.9% |
| 2019/20 | 82.1% |
| 2020/21 | 75.7% |
| 2021/22 | 81.8% |
| 2022/23 | 86.4% |
| 2023/24 | 81.2% |
| 2024/25 | 82.4% |
| 2025/26 | 78.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.0 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,475 |
| 2017 | 5,840 |
| 2018 | 5,735 |
| 2019 | 5,815 |
| 2020 | 5,970 |
| 2021 | 6,010 |
| 2022 | 5,820 |
| 2023 | 5,680 |
| 2024 | 5,585 |
| 2025 | 5,515 |
| 2026 | 5,660 |
Questions about Rugby
What is the population of Rugby?
125,594 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Rugby?
£891.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Rugby?
53.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Rugby?
£2,483.05 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Rugby?
£272,696 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-3.5% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Rugby?
The ONS claimant count was 2,245 in August 2026, 2.9% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Rugby?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.6 years for men and 82.9 for women.
Who has power over Rugby
Every body that makes decisions for Rugby, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Rugby council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Rugby in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Kenilworth and Southam: Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative) MP
- Rugby: John Slinger (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: East Staffordshire · Lichfield · Newcastle-under-Lyme · South Staffordshire · Stafford · Wychavon
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