Bodmin grades D− overall against UK towns: better than 3% of UK towns, and #29 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is walkability (B): 16% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is safety (D): 59.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.2 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 8%. The median home sold for £235,000 in the last three years, 5.1 times what households in the Cornwall council area earn in a year.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Bodmin is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bodmin.
Safety
Bodmin has more crime per resident than 95% of UK towns
Violent crime ran at 59.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Cornwall’s towns (25) and England’s towns (22). Police recorded 1,818 crimes inside Bodmin’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 251 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Bodmin records more crime per resident than 92% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
59.6violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearDSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 8% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual1,060
Damage & arson199
Public order127
Other theft122
Shoplifting111
Burglary52
Drugs35
Other crime35
Anti-social251
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
59.6
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
16.2
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
20.1
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Bodmin than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 23% of adults
In the comparison, Bodmin comes below both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%). 18% of residents are children under 15. The median resident of Bodmin is 41.3 years old.
41.3median age
BodminCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications20%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar19%
Degree level23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenEnglandMen
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Health
Bodmin is 21.5 miles from the nearest A&E
2 GP practices serve the town; 64% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 22% of residents have a disability, close to Cornwall’s towns (22%) and above England’s towns (17%). Women here live to 81.8 on average and men to 78.6 (2019–23).
E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain · H. C. McNeile: unknown (probably staff photographer of McClure's or self-provided), Public domain · John Cornelius: Melchior Küsel (grabado)-Karel Škréta (dibujo), Public domain · Sir Walter Gilbert, 1st Baronet: Thomas Goff Lupton / After George Francklin Atkinson, Public domain
Egloshayle, Bugle, Roche and Penwithick have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Bodmin
Is Bodmin safe?
Police recorded 1,818 crimes inside Bodmin’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 58% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
How many listed buildings are there in Bodmin?
That is 2.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Petroc. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
How much is council tax in Bodmin?
Band D council tax in Bodmin is £2,779 for 2026–27, more than in 99% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About Bodmin
Town in Cornwall, England
Bodmin is a built-up area of 16,904 people, in the Cornwall council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
16,904 (Census 2021)
Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Region
South West
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
ONS code
E63006889
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
