St Ervan
St Ervan is a village in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 1,000. There are two bus stops serving the area. There were around 1 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 St Ervan area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Cornwall area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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
15°CCloudy
- Today: 15° / 13° · 37% rain
- Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:49
13h 5m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom
Crime
3 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences2
- Criminal damage & arson1
Neighbourhood team: Padstow & St Merryn · Devon And Cornwall
Local policing priorities
- Shoplifting and Retail Crime
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
941 reported road collisions (2024)
211 killed or seriously injured · 1,236 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
30 food businesses within 2 miles
- 29 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 2 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Quintrell Downs (11.7 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£277,801 average▲ 3.7% YoY
Across Cornwall · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,004 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY
- 1 bed £691
- 2 bed £884
- 3 bed £1,081
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
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
EV charging
23 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: Trevisker Garden Centre (2.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds1
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)
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 83 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
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 · 73,481 pupils
235 primary · 31 secondary · 32 other
Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)
279inspected 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
555 CQC-registered services
- Care homes199
- GP practices76
- Dentists107
- Homecare agencies118
- 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
- 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
1,111 applications decided
92.3% granted · 1,025 granted, 86 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
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
Local businesses
29,715 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
5 jobs advertised
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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
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 · 13,788 nationwide
- Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question 499 local signatures · 4,868 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership492 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases425 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
RNAS St Merryn · 0.3 kmRoyal Naval Air Station St Merryn, commonly referred to as RNAS St Merryn, is a former military airbase of the Royal Navy located 7.35 miles (11.83 km) northeast of Newquay, Cornwall and 11.8 miles (19.0 km) northwest…
St Ervan · 1.3 kmSt Ervan is a rural civil parish and hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated three miles (5 km) southwest of Padstow. St Ervan is named after St Erbyn, the original patron of the church, wh…
Penrose Methodist Chapel · 1.3 kmPenrose Methodist Chapel is a redundant Methodist chapel approximately 1.5 miles (2 km) west of the hamlet of St Ervan in Cornwall, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Gra…
- Rumford, Cornwall · 1.7 km
Rumford is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Rumford is in the civil parish of St Ervan. The telephone area code for Rumford is 01841.
- St Merryn · 2.5 km
St Merryn is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of the fishing port of Padstow and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the coastal resort of Newquay.
- Engollan · 2.9 km
Engollan is a hamlet 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Padstow in Cornwall, England. Engollan is in the civil parish of St Eval.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Ervan?
- St Ervan is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
- How deprived is St Ervan?
- The Cornwall local authority, which includes St Ervan, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.