Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village of 1,144 in Cornwall, South West.
St Cleer 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 walkability (D): 7% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £233,750 in the last three years, 5.1 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 St Cleer 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 St Cleer is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside St Cleer’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
24% 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 St Cleer.
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.
In the comparison, St Cleer comes above both Cornwall’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (70%). 36% 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
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Cleer Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 242 | A− |
For St Cleer, that is below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). Owners make up 69% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £300,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 17 |
| Terraced | £172,500 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
St Cleer sits below both Cornwall’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) on this measure. Over-65s are 25% of the population. St Cleer has a median age of 49.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| St Cleer | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
That puts St Cleer above both Cornwall’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). St Cleer’s listed buildings include Church of St Clarus, Grade I. St Cleer has 16 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
On this, St Cleer is above both Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). St Cleer has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.1 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 | St Cleer | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.4% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Police recorded 56 crimes inside St Cleer’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 1 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violent crime ran at 28.9 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Cornwall’s towns (25) and England’s towns (22). Violence and sexual offences were 52% 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
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near St Cleer. Best known first.
Museum · English HeritageKing Doniert's Stone800 m outside town, to the westTheme parkTheme parkDobwalls Adventure Park3.6 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumLiskeard and District Museum3.3 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionCheesewring3.9 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumMinions Heritage Centre3.1 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Cleer | 1,144 | — | — | C− | B− | B |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | 2.3 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 2.7 | — | C− | A | C |
| Dobwalls | 1,683 | 3.1 | — | D | B | C |
| Callington | 4,665 | 7 | D | D− | C− | C |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 7.2 | — | D | A | C |
| Pelynt | 1,144 | 8.7 | — | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Looe | 5,314 | 9 | D− | D | C | C+ |
Pensilva, Dobwalls, Kelly Bray and Pelynt have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 5.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Clarus. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
An older village. At the 2021 Census, 25% of residents were 65 or over and 32% were 45 to 64, against 18% and 25% across England’s towns; 13% were under 15.
Village in Cornwall, England
St Cleer is a built-up area of 1,144 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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