St Breward
St Breward is a village in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has four bus stops and no listed amenities. There were around 1 recorded street crime 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 St Breward 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
7°CClear
- Today: 11° / 5° · 11% rain
- Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Partly Cloudy
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:51
9h 38m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
53US AQI · Moderate
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
3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences2
- Criminal damage & arson1
Neighbourhood team: Bodmin Rural · 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
15 food businesses within 2 miles
- 14 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Bodmin Parkway (12.3 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: 171.7p · Asda (8.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (8.9 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: Hengar Manor Country Park (1.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches3
- 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
- 36 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
- Parks & greens5
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 · £15,001 avg
e.g. Support Worker (Early Learning & Childcare) (18hpw) (Fixed Term until 01 July 2027), Mount Pleasant Primary School, Thurso - HGH22021, CNC Operator
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
3% low-carbon electricity
Gas 97% · Wind 3%
381 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Cornwall:
- Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers1,027 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death677 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases425 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones377 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks289 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
St Breward · 0.4 kmSt Breward is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the western side of Bodmin Moor, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Bodmin. At the 2011 census the parish population including Cooksl…
De Lank Quarries · 1.1 kmDe Lank Quarries is an active quarry and a 54-acre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in St Breward parish, north Cornwall, England, UK. The quarry, which received its SSSI notification in 1994, takes its…
Lank, Cornwall · 1.1 kmLank is a settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile (1.6 km) south of St Breward and six miles (10 km) east-northeast of Wadebridge in St Breward civil parish. It is in the…
Wenfordbridge · 1.7 kmWenfordbridge, or Wenford Bridge, is a hamlet some 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Bodmin and on the western flank of Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall, England. It takes its name from an old granite bridge over the River Camel, and…
- Tuckingmill, St Breward, Cornwall · 1.7 km
Tuckingmill is a small hamlet near St Breward, Cornwall. It is located within the parish of St. Breward. It contains a number of properties including a former reading room.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Breward?
- St Breward is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
- How deprived is St Breward?
- The Cornwall local authority, which includes St Breward, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.