Helston
TownTown in Cornwall, South West.
Helston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Helston add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Helston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Helston compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Helston safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Helston at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Helston.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (347), other crime (139) and anti-social behaviour (114).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Helston was 66.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Helston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Helston has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Helston
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 071A | 1,495 | 15.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 49.5% |
| Cornwall 071B | 1,630 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.2% |
| Cornwall 071C | 1,624 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.7% |
| Cornwall 071D | 1,460 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.7% |
| Cornwall 071E | 1,729 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.5% |
| Cornwall 071F | 1,944 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 60.0% |
| Cornwall 071G | 2,287 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.6% |
Your MP
- Andrew GeorgeLiberal DemocratMP for St Ives
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Helston1
Middle areas in Helston1
Towns near Helston6
Helston in brief
Helston is a town in Cornwall, South West.
About 11,436 people lived in Helston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £263,500 in 2025 across 170 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Helston was £263,500 in 2025.
Helston had 11,366 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Helston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Helston, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.