Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,588 in Cornwall, South West.
Pool and Illogan grades D− overall against UK towns: better than 4% of UK towns, and #28 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is schools (B): primary results beat 34% of towns in England; secondary results beat 75% of towns in England. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £260,000, 5.7 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 Pool and Illogan 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 Pool and Illogan is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Pool and Illogan’s built-up area, 8 of them Grade II*, and 2 scheduled monuments.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Pool and Illogan. Best known first.
Museum · National TrustEast Pool Minein town
CastleCarn Brea Castle600 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumKing Edward Mine1.7 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumCornish Mines and Enginesin townTheme parkTheme parkHeartlands (playground)in townMuseumMuseum · National TrustMichell's Engine Housein townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pool and Illogan.
Pool and Illogan sits below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%) on this measure.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £332,500 | 116 |
| Semi-detached | £268,000 | 87 |
| Terraced | £221,000 | 79 |
| Flat or maisonette | £117,500 | 22 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treloweth Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 414 | C |
| Pool AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 714 | B |
That puts Pool and Illogan above both Cornwall’s towns (25) and England’s towns (22). Homes see 16.8 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 837 crimes inside Pool and Illogan’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 174 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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.
Pool and Illogan has 43 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 8 Grade II*. 23% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
On this, Pool and Illogan is above both Cornwall’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Pool and Illogan is Royal Cornwall Hospital, 8 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Pool and Illogan | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.1% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 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 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
In the comparison, Pool and Illogan comes above both Cornwall’s towns (3%) and England’s towns (2.3%). 14% 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
For Pool and Illogan, that is below both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents. The median resident of Pool and Illogan is 45.1 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Pool and Illogan | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.7% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
43 listed buildings in Pool and Illogan.
Tower of Former Church of St Illogan: Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · East Pool Mine: Photo: see below · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Trevenson House: Photo: Mutney · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pool Methodist Church: Photo: Paul Barnett · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | — | D− | D | D | C |
| Illogan | 1,096 | 0.5 | — | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 1 | — | C | C+ | C+ |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 1.7 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 1.8 | D− | D | D | D |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 2.1 | — | D− | B− | B− |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2.4 | — | D | B | C− |
| Troon | 1,402 | 2.6 | — | D | D | C− |
Illogan, Tolvaddon, Portreath, Four Lanes and Troon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.1 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 93% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Police recorded 837 crimes inside Pool and Illogan’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 51% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
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Town in Cornwall, England
Pool and Illogan is a built-up area of 8,588 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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