Camelford grades D overall against UK towns: better than 5% of UK towns, and #23 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is walkability (B): 16% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £43,106; 5.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £235,750 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 Camelford is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Camelford.
HousingCost of living grade D
More households in Camelford live in social housing than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns: 23%
58% of households own their home, lower than both Cornwall’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area. Also worth knowing: the £235,750 median rests on 110 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
£236Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Camelford£236K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£338,250
40
Semi-detached
£235,000
25
Terraced
£190,000
39
Flat or maisonette
£144,000
6
58%
of households own their home · England 61%
18%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,000
average private rent a month, Cornwall council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
SchoolsC
Results at Camelford’s schools trail 70% of towns in England
Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 39.9, and 41% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Its two schools are listed below. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 2 schools →
History
Camelford’s heritage list runs to 23 buildings
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. For its size, Camelford has 77 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, higher than both Cornwall’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). The town has 2 scheduled monuments.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Safety
Violence is recorded more often in Camelford than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 36.3 per 1,000 residents a year
Violence and sexual offences were 64% of the crimes. Camelford logged 173 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 13 complaints of anti-social conduct. For its size, Camelford records more crime per resident than 75% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
36.3violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 25% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 & sexual110
Damage & arson17
Public order15
Other theft9
Shoplifting7
Vehicle crime4
Burglary3
Drugs3
Anti-social13
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.
36.3
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.5
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.3
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Under 5 km to work: 33% in Camelford, fewer than in both Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
81% of commuters drove to work at the census. About 23% of its commuters stay in Camelford for work. There are 1 jobs in Camelford for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Camelford is 28.7 miles from the nearest A&E
6.9% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, higher than both Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). One GP practice serves the town; 70% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. A disability affects nearly a quarter of people in Camelford.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Camelford, above Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Camelford has a median age of 42.7 years. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, lower than both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%).
42.7median age
CamelfordCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar19%
Degree level27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Delabole, Egloshayle and Rock have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Camelford
How many listed buildings are there in Camelford?
That is 3.2 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
How much is council tax in Camelford?
Band D council tax in Camelford is £2,726 for 2026–27, more than in 97% 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.
Is Camelford safe?
Burglary was rare, with 3 reports in the year.
Does Camelford flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About Camelford
Town in Cornwall, England
Camelford is a built-up area of 2,983 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
2,983 (Census 2021)
Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Region
South West
Area
0.4 sq mi (1 km²)
ONS code
E63006793
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.
