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Padstow

Padstow is a village in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 2,296. The average sold house price is around £593,339. There are around 1 park and green and 10 restaurants and cafés, along with 18 bus stops. In June 2026, there were around 19 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 Padstow 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
North 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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:54

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US 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

13 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Padstow & St Merryn · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Shoplifting and 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

85 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 84 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

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: 179.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (11.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Padstow (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

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
  • 156 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

Ben Maguire

Liberal Democrat

North Cornwall

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

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
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

24 jobs advertised · £27,337 avg

e.g. Commis Chef, Kitchen Porter, Chef de Partie

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

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 92% · Solar 6% · Wind 2%

363 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in PL28

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Cornwall:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Padstow railway station (England) · 0.0 km

    Padstow railway station was the western terminus of the North Cornwall Railway. It was opened in 1899 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) to serve the port of Padstow. It closed in 1967 having been proposed…

  • Black Tor Ferry · 0.1 km

    The Black Tor Ferry, also known as the Padstow to Rock Ferry, is a passenger ferry which crosses the tidal River Camel in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ferry carries pedestrians and cyclists only.

  • National Lobster Hatchery · 0.1 km

    The National Lobster Hatchery is a charitable organization located in Padstow, England. The hatchery was opened in August 2000 and is situated on South Quay in Padstow, Cornwall. The organisation is a marine conservat…

  • Padstow · 0.1 km

    Padstow is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of W…

  • Saints' Way · 0.5 km

    The Saints' Way is a long-distance footpath in mid Cornwall that connects the coastal towns of Padstow and Fowey.

  • Rock Lifeboat Station · 1.1 km

    Rock Lifeboat Station sits on the northern shore of the River Camel at Ferry Point in Rock,, a fishing village overlooking Padstow on the southern shore, on the north-west coast of the county of Cornwall, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Padstow?
Padstow is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
What is the population of Padstow?
Padstow has an approximate settlement population of 2,296.
How deprived is Padstow?
The Cornwall local authority, which includes Padstow, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.