Cornwall Area Guide | £278k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Cornwall

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
570,230
Households
250,569
Crimes · Jun '26
Low · 3.9 per 1k
250,569
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Low · 3.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£278,258
Median property price
£883
Median rent
22,065
Postcodes
250,569
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Low · 3.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£278,258
Median property price
£883
Median rent
22,065
Postcodes

Sold prices in Cornwall

England & Wales
Property sales · Cornwall
HM Land Registry · Cornwall
Average price
£330,125
YoY: -3.6%
Median price: £282,146
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 256 sales · avg £334,583
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£380k£333k£286k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Cornwall

England & Wales
Crime trends · Cornwall

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1,057
YoY stable
1,1791,001823
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
254
YoY -42%
551367183
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
50
YoY +14%
634526
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
48
YoY -38%
785736
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
240
YoY stable
287234181
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Other Crime
63
YoY +91%
755127
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · other crime up sharply · vehicle crime rising

2,227
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Cornwall

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Cornwall.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Cornwall

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Cornwall

St Columb Road is a 92-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 7.4 km

  • St Columb Road

    Rail

    7.4 km
  • Quintrell Downs

    Rail

    9.8 km
  • Truro Ferry Terminal

    Ferry

    10.5 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Cornwall

GPs make up most of the mapped places

100 GPs · 77 Museums · 34 Libraries · 241 in all

  • GPs100
  • Museums77
  • Libraries34
  • Hospitals18
  • Universities12

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Cornwall

Median private rent

£883/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£691
1 bed
£883
2 bed
£1,080
3 bed
£1,510
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Cornwall

Coordinates50.3325, -4.9472
Postcodes
22,065
Population (Census)
570,230
Households (Census)
250,569
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Low · 3.9 per 1k

Demographics in Cornwall

Ethnicity

Total residents: 570,264
White Brit.93.6%
Other White2.6%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.0%
+ other · 2.8%

Religion

Total residents: 570,348
No religion46.3%
Christian45.4%
Not answered6.7%
+ other · 1.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 570,230
50–6421.8%
35–4917.0%
65–7413.6%
25–3410.5%
75–848.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.6%

Households

Total households: 250,569
Any member 66+15.8%
Other14.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.6%
All members 66+12.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.6%
+ 7 other households · 32.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Cornwall

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 4.65 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.65 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).