Living in Warwick

In Warwick, tenants pay an average rent of €1,450 a month (2026).

Warwick had a population of 36,680 at the end of 2021. For Warwick, the regional median gross salary was €3,579 per month at the end of 2024. Warwick had an unemployment rate of 2.75% at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population36,680people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)3,579EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,450EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority

Unemployment rate2.75%country median 3.4% — 19% belowOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime5,611incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 80% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 95% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Warwick?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Warwick.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Warwick. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹⁶Official · national market
Rent price index, mean	1,450 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), UK: monthly price statistics, 16 September 2026 edition¹⁵Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,450 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority¹¹Official

Is Warwick a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker35%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 25–45%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–75%

Student43%strong on education, weak on work · range 34–52%

Family64%strong on family, weak on cost · range 54–74%

Retirement33%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 20–46%

Work and income

Employment rates for Warwick measured 64.4% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Warwick recorded 18,990.

What is the unemployment rate in Warwick?

The unemployment rate is about 2.8 % (2018).

Unemployment rate: 2.75 % · Eurostat⁵

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Warwick is 2.8%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Warwick 2.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	64.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,579 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	2.75 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2018	Eurostat⁵Official

Unemployment rate over time7 published observations, 2004–2018

1.9%

2.5%

3.1%

3.7%

2.8%2004201120162018

Unemployment rate rose 18.0% between 2004 and 2018, from 2.3% to 2.8%.

What does a salary buy in Warwick?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,434of €2,920 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,920
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority · 2026-08-31	− €1,450
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,434

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Warwick Salary needed to live in Warwick

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Warwick. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Warwick. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	21 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official
Schools	29 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Warwick's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Safety

How safe is Warwick?

Police recorded about 5,611 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesWarwick highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,611 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Warwick's nearest airport was BHX, 22 km away and offered 81 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	81 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	22 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BHX	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Climate and air quality

The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 10 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Is the air quality good in Warwick?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.510WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomOf 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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487

200

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.1 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 10.4 · Apr 13.6 · May 16.7 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 21.8 · Sep 18.7 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 10 · Dec 7.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.5 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 4.3 · May 7.1 · Jun 10 · Jul 11.9 · Aug 12 · Sep 10 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 8.9 · May 11.9 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.1 · Aug 16.9 · Sep 14.3 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 58 · Feb 44.2 · Mar 43 · Apr 46.5 · May 55 · Jun 55.1 · Jul 60 · Aug 67 · Sep 57.8 · Oct 67.4 · Nov 63.6 · Dec 59.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Ipswich ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±1.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Warwick recorded a median age of 39 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Warwick?

The published population was 36,680 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	36,680 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁷Official

International community in Warwick

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	31,165	85.0%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	3,345	9.1%
Europe: EU countries	2,170	5.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	45.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Workers aged 16 and over	18,990 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Median age	39 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Warwick

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Cheltenham as a Warwick alternative in the same region

54 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 115,940 Cheltenham vs 36,680 Warwick+216%
Unemployment: 1.7% Cheltenham vs 2.8% Warwick−37%
Median gross pay, region: €2,943 Cheltenham vs €3,579 Warwick−18%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,972 (2026) Cheltenham vs 5,611 (2025) Warwickno percentage

Full comparison More about Cheltenham

Wokingham as a Warwick alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 110 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,921 Wokingham vs 5,611 Warwick−30%
Residents: 50,325 Wokingham vs 36,680 Warwick+37%
Median gross pay, region: €3,866 Wokingham vs €3,579 Warwick+8%

Full comparison More about Wokingham

Cities near Warwick

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Coventry 16.0 km away

Salary: 4,015 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Warwick, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Camberley36,785 residents West Bridgford36,490 residents Whitley Bay36,880 residents Sutton in Ashfield36,425 residents Airdrie36,390 residents Dover36,360 residents

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Warwick in rankings

#22 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in United Kingdom

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Warwick under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Warwick?

The published population was 36,680 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Warwick?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Warwick?

What is the unemployment rate in Warwick?

The unemployment rate is about 2.8 % (2018). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Warwick?

The median gross salary is 3,579 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Warwick a good place to live?

Warwick may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Warwick?

Royal Leamington Spa, Kenilworth, Wellesbourne Mountford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Southam are near Warwick. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Warwick?

The official country of birth distribution records 31,165 people (85.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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