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A town of 15,433 in Cornwall, South West.
Saltash grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 22% of UK towns, and #10 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is walkability (B+): 18% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £247,000, 5.4 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 Saltash 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 Saltash is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Saltash’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1906.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Saltash. Best known first.
MuseumSaltash Heritage Museumin town
CastleInce Castle1.8 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumHMS Courageous4 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseAntony House3.6 km outside town, to the southwest
CastlePort Eliot4.9 km outside town, to the west
FortWoodland Fort3.7 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saltash.
Saltash sits below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%) on this measure. 71% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £352,000 | 167 |
| Semi-detached | £252,000 | 175 |
| Terraced | £220,000 | 224 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | 57 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & NurseryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 349 | A |
| Saltash Community SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,139 | C− |
That puts Saltash above both Cornwall’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (18%). 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The median resident of Saltash is 48 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Saltash | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.1% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
On this, Saltash is below both Cornwall’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). 78% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Police recorded 895 crimes inside Saltash’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 146 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violent crime ran at 28.3 per 1,000 residents a year, close to Cornwall’s towns (25) and above England’s towns (22). Violence and sexual offences were 46% 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
80% of Saltash’s residents described their health as good or very good in 2021, against 79% across Cornwall’s towns. 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 | Saltash | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.1% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 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.
Saltash has 52 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 3 Grade I, 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
52 listed buildings in Saltash, 3 of them Grade I.
Church of St Stephen: Photo: Kevin Hale · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith: Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Guildhall: Photo: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Boatman Inn: Photo: Kevin Hale · CC BY-SA 2.0
15 notable people were born in Saltash.
Evan Nepean: Nepean Museum, Public domain · Ann Glanville: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Richard Darton Thomas: Unidentified painter, Public domain · Steve Field: Dudley Council from England, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltash | 15,433 | — | C− | D | C+ | C+ |
| Torpoint | 7,163 | 2.5 | C− | C− | C | C |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 3 | — | D | A+ | B+ |
| Millbrook | 2,299 | 4.2 | — | D− | B− | B− |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 4.5 | C | C+ | D | C− |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 5.2 | — | B− | B | B |
| Callington | 4,665 | 7.6 | D | D− | C− | C |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 7.8 | C | D | B | B− |
Landrake, Millbrook and Bere Alston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Saltash is £2,677 for 2026–27, more than in 94% 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.
That is 1.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Stephen. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
About the middle for its size: 36% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C+.
Town in Cornwall, England
Saltash is a built-up area of 15,433 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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