Crackington & Tintagel

Cornwall · South West · population 7,005 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,618 of 6,856 in England
  • #588 of 710 in South West
  • #51 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,000
Median age (est.)54
Density61per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 7%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 8%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 31%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 21% · Managers & directors 14% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades21%
Managers & directors14%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Crackington & Tintagel is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,618 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #51 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £299,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 82 sales), in line with the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,025 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 50 · #3,419
Employment 50 · #3,419
Education 44 · #3,844
Health 60 · #2,713
Crime 93 · #464
Housing & access 3 · #6,627
Living environment 1 · #6,757

House prices ?

£299,000median (12m) · -11.7% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£299,00082-11.7%+15.8%
Detached£375,00045-9.9%+1.4%
Semi-detached£312,00015+14.5%+56.0%
Terraced£212,50019-15.0%+3.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£299,000
Cornwall£285,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£34,025±£4,792 · #5,333 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,037
Price-to-income ?8.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 228 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #606 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences140
Theft19
Burglary11
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons19
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 26 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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