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Falmouth Arwenack

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South Cornwall. About 5,918 people in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Falmouth Arwenack live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,938
Joint 3,529th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Falmouth Arwenack compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Falmouth ArwenackMiddle
Population87 wards, Cornwall · 2021
Population: every ward in Cornwall87 areas from 5,169 to 7,960. The middle area is 6,599. Falmouth Arwenack is 5,938.
5,93815th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares87 wards, Cornwall · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cornwall87 areas from 92.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Falmouth Arwenack is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage87 wards, Cornwall · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cornwall87 areas from 31.1% to 92.9%. The middle area is 65.2%. Falmouth Arwenack is 83.6%.
83.6%19th highest
Claimant rate87 wards, Cornwall · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cornwall87 areas from 1.6% to 5.8%. The middle area is 2.8%. Falmouth Arwenack is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 3rd lowest

Is Falmouth Arwenack safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Falmouth Arwenack at a rate of 120.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 70.9 per 1,000 people across Cornwall.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Falmouth Arwenack.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (196), shoplifting (179) and anti-social behaviour (89).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Cornwall

These figures are published for the whole of Cornwall, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cornwall and not Falmouth Arwenack alone. See Cornwall

Average house price
£275,642
Down 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,002
64th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.9×
Joint 138th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.3
112th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Falmouth Arwenack in brief

Falmouth Arwenack had 5,938 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Falmouth Arwenack live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Falmouth Arwenack, 83.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Falmouth Arwenack, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.