Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village of 1,613 in Cornwall, South West.
Stithians has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is schools (A−): primary results beat 79% of towns in England. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £352,000, 7.7 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 Stithians 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 Stithians is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Stithians’ built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
38% 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 Stithians.
On this, Stithians is below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). Owners make up 70% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £445,247 | 20 |
| Semi-detached | £350,500 | 20 |
| Terraced | £280,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stithians Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 175 | C |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
In the comparison, Stithians comes above both Cornwall’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (16%). Stithians has 124 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Stithians has 20 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Stithians, that is below both Cornwall’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). 9% 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
Stithians sits below both Cornwall’s towns (7.7) and England’s towns (9.4) on this measure. Police recorded 41 crimes inside Stithians’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 4 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violent crime runs at 17.8 per 1,000 residents a year.
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
That puts Stithians below both Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). The nearest A&E to Stithians is Royal Cornwall Hospital, 6.7 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 | Stithians | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.2% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Cornwall’s towns (16%) and close to England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.8% of the town. Half the people of Stithians are older than 45.5.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Stithians | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
3 notable people were born in Stithians.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stithians | 1,613 | — | — | D− | A− | B |
| Lanner | 2,164 | 2.3 | — | D− | A− | C |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2.9 | — | D | B | C− |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 3 | — | D | A− | C |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 3.1 | — | D− | A+ | A |
| Penryn | 11,194 | 3.1 | C+ | D | B | C+ |
| St Day | 1,432 | 3.6 | — | D | C | C |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 4 | D− | D | C− | C− |
Lanner, Four Lanes, Carharrack, Perranarworthal and St Day have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 5.1 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Primary results beat 79% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cornwall council.
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Against all UK towns, it grades A−. Police recorded 41 crimes inside Stithians’ built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 71% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Village in Cornwall, England
Stithians is a built-up area of 1,613 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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