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Truro

Truro is a town in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 23,041. It has around 78 restaurants and cafés, 8 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 3 supermarkets, 78 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Truro, 0.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £370,287, and there were around 197 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 Truro 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
Truro and Falmouth
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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 56% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 19:38

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

244 reported · July 2026 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences103
  • Criminal damage & arson27
  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Shoplifting23

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Boscawen · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Persistent and Severe Anti Social Behaviour Reduce ASB and associated criminality. Provide visibility and reassurance to our communities,…
  • Visibility and accessibility Build into our daily business a sustainable level of visibility within our communities and maintain our enga…

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

205 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Truro (0.7 km)
  • 88 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Truro (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

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: 173.9p · ESSO (8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · ESSO (8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

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

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
  • 316 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

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)

Truro and Falmouth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

693 jobs advertised · £36,786 avg

e.g. Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Solar 40% · Wind 9% · Imports 6%

173 gCO₂/kWh · 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 Truro and Falmouth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Carrick, Cornwall · 0.1 km

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

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Truro?
Truro is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
What is the population of Truro?
Truro has an approximate settlement population of 23,041.
How deprived is Truro?
The Cornwall local authority, which includes Truro, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.