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Downderry

Downderry is a village in Cornwall, England. It has two restaurants and cafés, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is St Germans, located 5.8 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Downderry 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.

Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 179th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime85
Home affordability46
Affordable rents52
Good schools16
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation29
Employment57
Low council tax15

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°CClear

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 8% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:50

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

4 reported · August 2026▼ 43% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Millbrook & Rame · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
  • RETAIL CRIME

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

8 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: St Germans (5.6 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from St Germans (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£274,570 average▼ 2.9% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-08

Detached£419,340
Semi-detached£275,595
Terraced£227,474
Flat£144,637

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: 183.9p · BP (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 214.9p · BP (11.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Millpool (6.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • 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)

A £1,727
B £2,015
C £2,303
D £2,591
E £3,167
F £3,742
G £4,318
H £5,182

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
  • 4 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

Your MP

Anna Gelderd

Labour

South East Cornwall

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £108,080 avg

e.g. Electrician, Private Dentist

Source: Adzuna

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

7% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 7%

368 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

5 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in PL11

  • Raleigh Medical Centre
  • Rame Group Practice
  • Dermatology Cons Led Penntorr Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South East Cornwall:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Downderry · 0.1 km

    Downderry is a coastal village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 12 miles (19 km) west of Plymouth and one mile east of Seaton.

  • Seaton, Cornwall · 1.2 km

    Seaton is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Seaton 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of Looe and ten miles (16 km) west of Plymouth. The village is in the civil parish of Deviock.

  • River Seaton · 1.3 km

    The River Seaton is a river in east Cornwall, England, UK which flows southwards for 11 miles (17 km) into the English Channel.

  • Narkurs · 1.6 km

    Narkurs is a hamlet in the south east of Cornwall, England. It is part of the civil parish of Deviock. It is about 2 km southeast of Hessenford. Historically an agricultural settlement, Narkurs has become smaller as t…

  • Seaton Valley Countryside Park · 2.0 km

    Seaton Valley Countryside Park is the newest of Cornwall's four Country Parks. It is situated in the Seaton valley between the villages of Seaton and Hessenford. It includes two Local Nature Reserves, Seaton Valley No…

  • Monkey Sanctuary · 3.2 km

    The Monkey Sanctuary was a sanctuary founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys. Based in Looe, Cornwall, it was home to woolly mo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Downderry?
Downderry is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
How deprived is Downderry?
The Cornwall local authority, which includes Downderry, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.