# Helston Town in Cornwall, South West. Helston is a town in Cornwall, South West. Median sale price £263,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 64.4 per 1,000 people. About 11,436 people. Town. Code E63007077. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £263,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Helston was £263,500 in 2025. 544th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 11,366** (2021). Helston had 11,366 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 315th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Helston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 69.0%** (January 2026). In Helston, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63007077) (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. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63007077) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 170 homes were sold in Helston in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63007077) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Helston. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63007077) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Helston had 11,366 usual residents at the census. ## How Helston compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Helston | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £263,500 | 32nd cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 11,366 | 34th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 69.0% | 9th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Helston | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cornwall 071A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018882) | 1,495 | 15.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 49.5% | | [Cornwall 071B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018883) | 1,630 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.2% | | [Cornwall 071C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018884) | 1,624 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.7% | | [Cornwall 071D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018885) | 1,460 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.7% | | [Cornwall 071E](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018886) | 1,729 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.5% | | [Cornwall 071F](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018887) | 1,944 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 60.0% | | [Cornwall 071G](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018888) | 2,287 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.6% | ## Your MP - [St Ives](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-ives): Andrew George (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) ## Postcode districts covering Helston [TR13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr13) ## Middle areas in Helston [Helston](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/helston) ## Towns near Helston [Camborne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/camborne), [Penryn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penryn), [Pool and Illogan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pool-and-illogan), [Hayle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hayle), [Falmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/falmouth), [Redruth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/redruth) ## 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. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63007077 - Constituency: [St Ives †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-ives) - Council: [Cornwall †](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.38 km² - People, mid-2024: 11,436* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 36 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Camborne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/camborne), [Penryn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penryn), [Pool and Illogan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pool-and-illogan), [Hayle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hayle), [Falmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/falmouth), [Redruth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/redruth) ## Latest updates for Helston - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63007077 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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