St Erme and Trispen

8°CClear

• Today: 15° / 7° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:56

9h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

65US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

• 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

12 reported · August 2026▲ 71% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Other theft1
• Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Roseland & Probus & Trispen & St Erme · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newlyn Halt (5.4 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£274,570 average▼ 2.9% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Shell Carland Cross (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

570,308 residents in Cornwall · 161/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,159 applications decided

94.7% granted · 1,098 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)

Truro and Falmouth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 26
• Grn 3
• Ref 20
• Oth 27

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

1% low-carbon electricity

Gas 99% · Wind 1%

390 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in TR4

• Chacewater Health Centre
• Coastal Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Truro and Falmouth:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks515 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND250 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases249 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately199 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death190 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

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

• 
  St Hermes' Church, St Erme · 0.3 km

  St Hermes’ Church, St Erme is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in St Erme, Cornwall, England, UK.

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  St Erme · 0.4 km

  St Erme is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The parish of St Erme, has a population of approximately 1200. This had increased to 1,363 in 2011. Trispen is a small village within the parish.

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  Bodrean · 2.1 km

  Bodrean and Frogmore are farmstead settlements in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated two miles north-northeast of Truro.

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  St Allen · 2.3 km

  St Allen is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The church town of St Allen is an isolated hamlet and the main settlement in the parish is Zelah which is situated on the A30 trunk road four miles (6.5…

• Polwhele House School · 2.9 km

  Polwhele House School is a co-educational, independent school located at Polwhele House, near Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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  Idless · 3.5 km

  Idless is a hamlet north of Truro in Cornwall, England. The River Allen rises north of St Allen and flows southwards through the Idless Valley into Truro. It is in the civil parish of Kenwyn.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)