Chilsworthy (Cornwall)
Chilsworthy (Cornwall) is a town or village in Cornwall, England. It has one pharmacy, five bus stops and is 1.1 km from Gunnislake railway station. There were around 19 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Chilsworthy (Cornwall) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Cornwall area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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
9°CSunny
- Today: 12° / 6° · 15% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:51
9h 42m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 5.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
5 reported · August 2026▼ 72% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences2
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Other theft1
- Other crime1
Neighbourhood team: Calstock · Devon And Cornwall
Local policing priorities
- DRUGS SUPPLY
- ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
920 reported road collisions (2025)
188 killed or seriously injured · 1,194 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
25 food businesses within 2 miles
- 21 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Gunnislake (1.1 km)
- 5 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gunnislake (1.2 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£274,570 average▼ 2.9% YoY
Across Cornwall · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,000 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY
- 1 bed £688
- 2 bed £880
- 3 bed £1,077
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
7,757 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (1.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (1.1 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
7 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: zest-date-owed-dust (2.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches2
- 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK26,278
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,229
- Net moves+6,049
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 86 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
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 · 73,277 pupils
234 primary · 31 secondary · 33 other
Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)
278 inspected 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
559 CQC-registered services
- Care homes199
- GP practices76
- Dentists108
- Homecare agencies120
- 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
- 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
1,159 applications decided
94.7% granted · 1,098 granted, 61 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
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
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens3
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
29,950 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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
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
0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in PL18
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South East Cornwall:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks374 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases217 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately200 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones189 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND182 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Chilsworthy railway station · 0.4 km
Chilsworthy railway station served the village of Chilsworthy, Cornwall, England, from 1909 to 1966 on the Callington Branch.
Dimson · 0.7 kmDimson is a small village in Cornwall, England. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately 10+1⁄2 miles (16.9 km) north of Plymouth and around two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) north of Gunnislake. According to the…
Chilsworthy, Cornwall · 0.8 kmChilsworthy is a village in the civil parish of Calstock, in Cornwall, England. The village is 1-mile (1.6 km) west of Gunnislake, and used to have a railway station on the Callington Branch of the Plymouth, Devonport…
- St Ann's Chapel, Cornwall · 0.9 km
St Ann's Chapel is a village in the parish of Calstock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is west of Gunnislake on the A390 between Tavistock and Liskeard.
Drakewalls · 1.0 kmDrakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock.
Sylvia's Meadow · 1.0 kmSylvia's Meadow is a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest owned and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust. It is a herb rich, 5-hectare (12-acre) site situated near Gunnislake, in East Cornwall, England.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chilsworthy (Cornwall)?
- Chilsworthy (Cornwall) is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
- How deprived is Chilsworthy (Cornwall)?
- The Cornwall local authority, which includes Chilsworthy (Cornwall), is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.