Barripper and Penponds
Barripper and Penponds is a village in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 1,200. There are 7 bus stops serving the area, and the nearest railway station is Camborne, 1.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 7 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Barripper and Penponds area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Cornwall area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 570,308 residents at roughly 161 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 179th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
18°CCloudy
- Today: 19° / 14° · 42% rain
- Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:49Sunset 19:46
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom
Crime
9 reported · July 2026▲ 80% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences6
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Anti-social behaviour1
Neighbourhood team: Camborne West · Devon And Cornwall
Local policing priorities
- Vulnerability Reduction - including safeguarding repeat victims and vulnerable persons and tackling violence against women and girls.
- Community Harm - Focusing on: - Persistent and severe Anti-Social Behaviours - Serious Violence including Knife Crime - Road Safety - Sho…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
941 reported road collisions (2024)
211 killed or seriously injured · 1,236 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
99 food businesses within 2 miles
- 97 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Camborne (1.9 km)
- 7 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Camborne (1.9 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£277,801 average▲ 3.7% YoY
Across Cornwall · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,004 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY
- 1 bed £691
- 2 bed £884
- 3 bed £1,081
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.6× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (5.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.1 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
22 charging locations within ~8 km
- 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: The Lowenac Hotel (1.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Sports pitches12
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
570,308 residents in Cornwall · 161/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 25%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 83 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,591 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (25% of 287,200)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
298 schools · 73,481 pupils
235 primary · 31 secondary · 32 other
Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)
279inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Brannel SchoolGood
- Budehaven Community SchoolGood
- Callington Community CollegeGood
- Camborne Science and International AcademyGood
- Cape Cornwall SchoolGood
- Helston Community CollegeGood
- Humphry Davy SchoolGood
- Launceston CollegeGood
- Mounts Bay AcademyGood
- Mullion SchoolGood
- Poltair SchoolGood
- Wadebridge SchoolGood
- Pool AcademyRequires improvement
- Bodmin College
- Falmouth School
- Fowey River Academy
- Hayle Academy
- Liskeard School and Community College
- Looe Community Academy
- Newquay Tretherras
- Penair School
- Penrice Academy
- Penryn College
- Redruth School
- Richard Lander School
- Saltash Community School
- Sir James Smith's School
- St Ives School
- The Roseland Academy
- Torpoint Community College
- Treviglas Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall
Care & health services
555 CQC-registered services
- Care homes199
- GP practices76
- Dentists107
- Homecare agencies118
- Hospitals & hospices25
CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Cornwall
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
1,111 applications decided
92.3% granted · 1,025 granted, 86 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Perran Moon
Labour
Camborne and Redruth
Recent votes:
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Lab 4
- Con 7
- LD 26
- Grn 3
- Ref 20
- Oth 27
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools4
- Parks & greens3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
29,715 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£679 median full-time weekly pay
3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£24,630 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
37% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 316,885 certificates
12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
51% low-carbon electricity
Gas 46% · Solar 46% · Imports 4% · Wind 3%
183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 60 women · 60.2 men
69% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.5
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.5
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TR14
- Veor Surgery
- Godolphin Health
- Day Lewis Pharmacy
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Camborne and Redruth:
- Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question 739 local signatures · 4,868 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership543 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s416 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership411 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Barripper · 0.2 kmBarripper is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately one mile south-west of Camborne. The village has a public house named the St Michael's Mount Inn, so called as an outbuilding on that sit…

- Penponds Viaduct · 0.9 km
Penponds Viaduct is a railway viaduct which carries the Cornish Main Line west of Camborne in Cornwall, England. It crosses over a small valley containing the southern arm of the Red River, and a minor road known as V…
Holy Trinity Church, Penponds · 1.0 kmHoly Trinity Church, Penponds is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Penponds, Cornwall.
- St Michael's Secondary School · 1.8 km
St Michael's Secondary School was a mixed free school located in Camborne, Cornwall, England. It opened in 2012, had a Roman Catholic ethos and catered for students aged 11–16 years. Due to a lack of pupil numbers it…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Barripper and Penponds?
- Barripper and Penponds is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
- How deprived is Barripper and Penponds?
- The Cornwall local authority, which includes Barripper and Penponds, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.