Truro

8°CClear

• Today: 15° / 7° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 6° · 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

57US 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

239 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences105
• Anti-social behaviour42
• Shoplifting33
• Criminal damage & arson19

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Boscawen · 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)

204 food businesses within 2 miles

• 181 rated 4–5 ★ (154 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Truro (0.7 km)
• 88 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

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Pydar House (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds18

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
• 316 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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens358
• Restaurants & cafés83

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

445 jobs advertised · £41,547 avg

e.g. MOT Tester - Truro, Care Manager, CNC Programmer Setter Operator

Source: Adzuna

£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%

389 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

12 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in TR1

• Cornwall Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Lander Medical Practice
• Three Spires Medical Practice

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

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  Carrick, Cornwall · 0.1 km

  Carrick was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its district council was based in Truro.

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  Truro Crown Court · 0.2 km

  Truro Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Edward Street in Truro, Cornwall, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery · 0.2 km

  The Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, formerly known as the Royal Cornwall Museum, is a museum in Truro, England, which holds an extensive mineral collection rooted in Cornwall's mining and engineering heritage. The co…

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  Courtney Library · 0.2 km

  The Courtney Library is the library of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. It is housed in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, Cornwall.

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  High Cross, Truro · 0.2 km

  High Cross is a cobbled plaza in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK, in front of the west face of Truro Cathedral. It is at the junction of Pydar Street, King Street, and St Mary's Street.

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  Truro Cathedral · 0.3 km

  The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the p…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)