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A village of 1,305 in Cornwall, South West.
Perranarworthal has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is safety (A+): 10.6 violent and sexual offences and 2 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £515,750, 11.2 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.
The 3 things Perranarworthal does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Perranarworthal is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Perranarworthal’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Perranarworthal.
On this, Perranarworthal is above both Cornwall’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). Private renters make up 11% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £655,000 | 30 |
| Semi-detached | £345,000 | 11 |
| Terraced | £265,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 198 | B |
Homes saw 2 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, below both Cornwall’s towns (7.7) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 22 crimes inside Perranarworthal’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 4 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 68% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
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.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
In the comparison, Perranarworthal comes above both Cornwall’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). Perranarworthal has 54 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 8 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up 30% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Women here live to 89.2 on average and men to 83.5 (2019–23). Perranarworthal has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.5 miles away. 20% of residents have a disability, below Cornwall’s towns (22%) but above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Perranarworthal | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 37% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Perranarworthal, that is below both Cornwall’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). 15% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Perranarworthal sits above both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%) on this measure. 33% of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Perranarworthal is 53.4 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Perranarworthal | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 33% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 48% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | — | — | D− | A+ | A |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 1.4 | — | D− | A | A− |
| Mylor Bridge | 1,534 | 2.6 | — | D− | A+ | A |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 2.8 | C+ | D | B | C+ |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 3 | — | D | A− | C |
| Stithians | 1,613 | 3.1 | — | D− | A− | B |
| St Day | 1,432 | 3.4 | — | D | C | C |
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 3.5 | B | D− | B | C |
Carnon Downs and Devoran, Mylor Bridge, Carharrack, Stithians and St Day have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 17 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £515,750, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £265,000, semi-detached houses £345,000 and detached houses £655,000. Private rents in the Cornwall council area averaged £1,000 a month in August 2026.
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Village in Cornwall, England
Perranarworthal is a built-up area of 1,305 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
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.
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