Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village of 2,311 in Cornwall, South West.
Roche has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is schools (D−): primary results beat 2% of towns in England. The median home sold for £213,000 in the last three years, 4.6 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.
The 3 things Roche 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 Roche is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Roche’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
23% 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 Roche.
Roche sits below both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%) on this measure. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of the population. Roche has a median age of 43.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Roche | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.6% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roche Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 200 | C− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Roche below both Cornwall’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (27%). 22% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
On this, Roche is below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 17 |
| Semi-detached | £208,750 | 28 |
| Terraced | £205,000 | 29 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
In the comparison, Roche comes above both Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). The nearest A&E to Roche is Royal Cornwall Hospital, 15 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 | Roche | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.1% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Roche has 11 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. 23% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
For Roche, that is below both Cornwall’s towns (7.7) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 104 crimes inside Roche’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 6 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 66% 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 nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roche | 2,311 | — | — | C− | B− | C− |
| Bugle | 2,430 | 2 | — | C− | D− | C |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 2.8 | — | C− | C− | C− |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 3.2 | — | C− | B− | C− |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 3.5 | — | C | D | C |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 3.6 | — | C− | C | C− |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 4.6 | — | D | B | C |
| Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road | 3,888 | 4.7 | D | D | B | C+ |
Bugle, St Dennis, Nanpean, Penwithick, Foxhole and Trewoon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cornwall council.
At the 2021 Census, 8.8% of Roche’s 2,311 residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £213,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £125,000, terraced houses £205,000, semi-detached houses £208,750 and detached houses £325,000. Private rents in the Cornwall council area averaged £1,000 a month in August 2026. Household incomes are lower than in 91% of UK towns, so cost of living grades C−.
Village in Cornwall, England
Roche is a built-up area of 2,311 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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