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Stratton (Cornwall)

Stratton (Cornwall) is a village in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic, 16 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bodmin General, 11.8 km away. There were around 28 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 Stratton (Cornwall) 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.

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 rents51
Good schools16
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation26
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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:41

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

32 reported · July 2026 22% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Other theft6
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Anti-social behaviour4

Neighbourhood team: Bude Town · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • RETAIL CRIME - SHOPLIFTING
  • ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (ASB)

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

113 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 101 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£277,801 average 3.7% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-06

Detached£424,986
Semi-detached£279,195
Terraced£229,445
Flat£146,304

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (0.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (0.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Bude Tourist Information Centre (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

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)

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 · 73,481 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
  • 61 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

Your MP

Ben Maguire

Liberal Democrat

North Cornwall

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

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

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £23,179 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Dispenser - Zero Hour, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Solar 28% · Gas 27% · Biomass 4%

110 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Stratton, Cornwall · 0.1 km

    Stratton is a town in the parish of Bude-Stratton, in Cornwall, England. It is situated near the coastal town of Bude and the market town of Holsworthy. Stratton gave its name to one of the ten ancient hundreds of Cor…

  • St Andrew's Church, Stratton · 0.4 km

    St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed church in Stratton, Bude, Cornwall. It is located along the main road in Stratton. The font is dated to the 12th century, the north aisle to the mid 14th. The tower, aisle and ch…

  • Bude–Stratton · 0.5 km

    Bude–Stratton is a civil parish in Cornwall, England. The largest settlement in the parish is the seaside town of Bude. The parish also includes the market town of Stratton and the settlements of Flexbury, Poughill, B…

  • Battle of Stratton · 0.7 km

    The Battle of Stratton, also known as the Battle of Stamford Hill, took place on 16 May 1643, at Stratton in Cornwall, during the First English Civil War. In the battle, the Royalists destroyed the Parliamentarians' f…

  • Bude Town F.C. · 1.2 km

    Bude Town Football Club is a football club based in Bude, Cornwall, England. They are currently members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West and play at Broadclose Park, Bude. Bude Town's current m…

  • Budehaven Community School · 1.3 km

    Budehaven Community School is a coeducational foundation secondary school and sixth form, located in Bude in the English county of Cornwall.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stratton (Cornwall)?
Stratton (Cornwall) is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
How deprived is Stratton (Cornwall)?
The Cornwall local authority, which includes Stratton (Cornwall), is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.