Newlyn grades D overall against UK towns: better than 8% of UK towns, and #21 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 24% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £281,000, 6.1 years of area income; rent £1,000 a month.
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 Newlyn is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Newlyn.
HousingCost of living grade D−
For cost of living grade, Newlyn gets a D−
13% of households live in social housing. Behind the median of £281,000: 130 standard sales inside Newlyn’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Owners make up nearly two thirds of households, about level with Cornwall’s towns (64%) and above England’s towns (61%).
£281Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Newlyn£281K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£473,750
28
Semi-detached
£300,000
28
Terraced
£227,500
66
Flat or maisonette
£181,000
8
65%
of households own their home · England 61%
22%
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
School results in Newlyn are weaker than in 72% of towns in England
Key Stage 2 results at the 8 primary schools within 3 km: 59% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Newlyn School’s results beat 77% of schools in England like it. Its one school is below. GCSE results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: nearly two in five pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 43.
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Who lives here
Newlyn has fewer young adults than Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns: 8% are 15 to 24
Half of Newlyn is older than 51.5, half younger. 29% of residents are 65 or over, above Cornwall’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Under 15: 14% of residents.
51.5median age
NewlynCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications18%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar17%
Degree level32%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
History
Old homes shape Newlyn: 44% were built before 1919, more than in both Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Newlyn counts 45 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 2 Grade II*. For its size, Newlyn has 134 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, higher than both Cornwall’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). One scheduled monument lies in the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Benefit claims run higher in Newlyn, 4.5% of 16 to 64s, than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Households take home £41K a year before tax, on average. Work in town: 11% of resident commuters. There are 0.7 jobs in Newlyn for each resident in work. 54% of commuters travelled under 5 km, above both Cornwall’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Newlyn is 23.3 miles from the nearest A&E
Disability touches nearly a quarter of Newlyn’s population. Seeing a GP means leaving Newlyn: the nearest practice is 1.1 miles away. At the census, 7.6% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. 77% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Cornwall’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%) alike.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Safety
Newlyn records more violent crime per resident than Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns, at 29 per 1,000 a year
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 172 crimes and 12 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Newlyn’s built-up area. Violence and sexual offences were 55% of the crimes. Burglary and damage come to 7.7 per 1,000 residents a year.
29violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 41% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual95
Damage & arson17
Public order14
Other theft13
Burglary8
Drugs6
Weapons6
Shoplifting5
Anti-social12
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.
29
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7
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.
Longrock, Marazion, Crowlas, Goldsithney, St Just and St Erth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Newlyn
How many listed buildings are there in Newlyn?
That is 5.5 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
How much is council tax in Newlyn?
Band D council tax in Newlyn is £2,718 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.
Does Newlyn flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About Newlyn
Town in Cornwall, England
Newlyn is a built-up area of 3,362 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
3,362 (Census 2021)
Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Region
South West
Area
0.3 sq mi (0.8 km²)
ONS code
E63007072
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.
