Warwick: local statistics
Warwick is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 157,925 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 Warwick, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Warwick was £369,220 in July 2026, a rise of 1.7% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 2nd highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (regional average £250,880). This July figure is the highest in the series, 31% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Warwick (£48,523) gives a ratio of 7.6. That ratio is 8th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Warwick was £934.30 in April 2025, or £48,523 over a year. That is 27.8% above the figure for the West Midlands and the highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands. Jobs based in Warwick paid a median £761.10 a week, £173.20 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £564.40: a change of +66% before inflation.
An estimated 83.4% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Warwick were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.1 points); the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 77.0% and its highest 86.8%.
The ONS estimates that 157,925 people lived in Warwick in mid-2025, up 1.5% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 12.0%, against +7.8% for the West Midlands as a whole. That is the 6th fastest growth of 30 in the West Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The claimant count for Warwick stood at 2,425 in August 2026, or 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the West Midlands: 5.3%). That compares with 2.3% a year before. The five-year high was 2.9% (August 2021); the low was 2.0% (May 2024).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Warwick had a life expectancy at birth of 84.0 years; for men it was 80.7, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.4 years for women and -0.1 for men. It is 8th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest for women.
Average Band D council tax in Warwick is £2,461.55 for 2026-27, up £105.02 on 2025-26. That makes it close to the middle of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (13th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,618.03, so it has risen 52%.
In March 2026, 8,400 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Warwick, 5% fewer than in 2016. There are 53 per 1,000 residents, the 5th highest of 30 in the West Midlands.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Warwick on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Warwickshire police force area: 39,558 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 19 more than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 141,025 |
| 2016 | 142,534 |
| 2017 | 143,353 |
| 2018 | 145,478 |
| 2019 | 146,005 |
| 2020 | 146,643 |
| 2021 | 148,693 |
| 2022 | 151,860 |
| 2023 | 153,666 |
| 2024 | 155,541 |
| 2025 | 157,925 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £281,367 |
| July 2017 | £294,544 |
| July 2018 | £303,422 |
| July 2019 | £309,337 |
| July 2020 | £305,287 |
| July 2021 | £316,711 |
| July 2022 | £345,063 |
| July 2023 | £352,200 |
| July 2024 | £346,516 |
| July 2025 | £363,146 |
| July 2026 | £369,220 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £564.40 a week |
| 2016 | £635.70 a week |
| 2017 | £584.30 a week |
| 2018 | £664.70 a week |
| 2019 | £655.20 a week |
| 2020 | £661.60 a week |
| 2021 | £724.80 a week |
| 2022 | £736.00 a week |
| 2023 | £803.80 a week |
| 2024 | £839.70 a week |
| 2025 | £934.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,618.03 |
| 2017-18 | £1,674.52 |
| 2018-19 | £1,758.04 |
| 2019-20 | £1,855.79 |
| 2020-21 | £1,929.57 |
| 2021-22 | £1,996.18 |
| 2022-23 | £2,066 |
| 2023-24 | £2,144.31 |
| 2024-25 | £2,247.66 |
| 2025-26 | £2,356.53 |
| 2026-27 | £2,461.55 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.1% |
| 2016/17 | 77.0% |
| 2017/18 | 82.0% |
| 2018/19 | 85.6% |
| 2019/20 | 80.2% |
| 2020/21 | 81.4% |
| 2021/22 | 80.1% |
| 2022/23 | 79.1% |
| 2023/24 | 77.8% |
| 2024/25 | 86.8% |
| 2025/26 | 83.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,810 |
| 2017 | 9,025 |
| 2018 | 8,995 |
| 2019 | 8,965 |
| 2020 | 9,225 |
| 2021 | 8,885 |
| 2022 | 8,425 |
| 2023 | 8,270 |
| 2024 | 8,335 |
| 2025 | 8,285 |
| 2026 | 8,400 |
Questions about Warwick
What is the average house price in Warwick?
£369,220 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.7% on a year).
What is the average salary in Warwick?
£934.30 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Warwick?
The ONS estimates 157,925 people lived in Warwick in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Warwick?
The ONS claimant count was 2,425 in August 2026, 2.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Warwick?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.7 years for men and 84.0 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in Warwick?
£2,461.55 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Warwick
Every body that makes decisions for Warwick, 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
- Warwick council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Warwick 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
- Warwick and Leamington: Matt Western (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 (police force area): This figure covers the whole Warwickshire police force area, not just Warwick, because the Home Office tables do not give Warwick on its own. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: East Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme · Nuneaton and Bedworth · Stafford · Stratford-on-Avon · Wychavon
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