Truro grades D overall against UK towns: better than 14% of UK towns, and #15 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 33% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £295,000, 6.4 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.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Truro is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Safety
Truro records more violent crime per resident than Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns, at 56.3 per 1,000 a year
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
On this, Truro is above both Cornwall’s towns (25) and England’s towns (22). Homes see 16.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 2,652 crimes inside Truro’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 527 reports of anti-social behaviour.
56.3violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearDSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 10% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: more 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 & sexual1,334
Damage & arson295
Shoplifting274
Public order231
Other theft213
Drugs68
Other crime67
Burglary57
Anti-social527
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.
56.3
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
16.3
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
27.7
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
History
316 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Truro has 316 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 9 Grade II*. For its size, Truro has 137 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above both Cornwall’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). Truro’s listed buildings include Truro Cathedral, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Truro than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 39% of adults
In the comparison, Truro comes above both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%). Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents. The median resident of Truro is 42.9 years old.
42.9median age
TruroCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications14%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level39%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Health
81% of residents say their health is good or very good
81% of Truro’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.
Michael Adams: Paul Meyer-Dunker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Matthew Etherington: Nick, CC BY 2.0 · Helen Glover: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0 · James Marsh: MichaelB from Lafayette, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Humphrey Tonkin: Ziko, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richard Lemon Lander: William Brockedon, Public domain
Shortlanesend, Carnon Downs and Devoran, St Erme and Trispen, Perranarworthal and Mylor Bridge have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Truro
How many listed buildings are there in Truro?
That is 5.6 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Truro Cathedral. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Is Truro safe?
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 90% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less. Police recorded 2,652 crimes inside Truro’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 50% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
How much is council tax in Truro?
Band D council tax in Truro is £2,816 for 2026–27, more than in 99% 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.
About Truro
Large town in Cornwall, England
Truro is a built-up area of 23,060 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
23,060 (Census 2021)
Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Region
South West
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.4 km²)
ONS code
E63006998
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.
