Launceston
TownTown in Cornwall, South West.
Launceston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Launceston 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 Launceston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Launceston compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Launceston safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Launceston at a rate of 103.7 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, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Launceston.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (416), other crime (163) and anti-social behaviour (104).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Launceston was 93.0 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 Launceston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Launceston has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Launceston
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 005A | 1,499 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% |
| Cornwall 005C | 1,708 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.0% |
| Cornwall 005D | 1,392 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 53.1% |
| Cornwall 005E | 1,692 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.6% |
| Cornwall 005G | 2,136 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
Your MP
- Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratMP for North Cornwall
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 Launceston1
Middle areas in Launceston1
Towns near Launceston6
Launceston in brief
Launceston is a town in Cornwall, South West.
About 8,234 people lived in Launceston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 110 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Launceston was £195,000 in 2025.
Launceston had 8,431 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Launceston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Launceston, 79.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.