St Agnes grades B+ overall against UK towns: better than 66% of UK towns, and #1 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is schools (A+): primary results beat 92% of towns in England. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £470,000, 10.2 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.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far St Agnes is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in St Agnes.
HousingCost of living grade D−
Private renting is less common in St Agnes than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 15%
In the comparison, St Agnes comes below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). 69% of households own their home. No town in Cornwall costs more to buy into than St Agnes, at £470,000, the highest of 35.
£470Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
St Agnes£470K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£570,000
86
Semi-detached
£370,000
22
Terraced
£340,000
33
69%
of households own their home · England 61%
15%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,000
average private rent a month, Cornwall council area
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
History
St Agnes is rich in listed buildings: 237 per 10,000 residents, more than Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For St Agnes, that is above both Cornwall’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). It is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. St Agnes has 77 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
84% of people in St Agnes say their health is good or very good, more than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns
That puts St Agnes above both Cornwall’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%). Women here live to 85.9 on average and men to 81.7 (2019–23). 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.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Safety
Violent crime in St Agnes runs at 18.8 per 1,000 a year, against 25.1 in Cornwall’s towns and 22 in England’s towns
Police recorded 127 crimes inside St Agnes’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 8 reports of anti-social behaviour. Burglary and damage came to 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, close to Cornwall’s towns (7.7) and below England’s towns (9.4). For its size, St Agnes records less crime per resident than 75% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
18.8violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearB+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 75% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual75
Damage & arson19
Other theft10
Vehicle crime8
Public order5
Burglary4
Other crime2
Drugs1
Anti-social8
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.
18.8
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
2.7
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Who lives here
St Agnes is a graduates’ town: 49% hold a degree, more than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns
On this, St Agnes is above both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% of the town. St Agnes has a median age of 45.9.
45.9median age
St AgnesCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications10%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level49%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 91 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.
Mount Hawke, St Day, Portreath and Carharrack have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about St Agnes
Are schools in St Agnes good?
Primary results beat 92% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cornwall council.
How many listed buildings are there in St Agnes?
That is 9.7 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Part of it is in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
How much is council tax in St Agnes?
Band D council tax in St Agnes is £2,634 for 2026–27, more than in 91% 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.
Is St Agnes expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £470,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £340,000, semi-detached houses £370,000 and detached houses £570,000. Private rents in the Cornwall council area averaged £1,000 a month in August 2026.
About St Agnes
Town in Cornwall, England
St Agnes is a built-up area of 3,253 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
3,253 (Census 2021)
Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Region
South West
Area
0.6 sq mi (1.6 km²)
ONS code
E63006976
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.
