# Launceston Town in Cornwall, South West. Launceston is a town in Cornwall, South West. Median sale price £195,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 103.7 per 1,000 people. About 8,234 people. Town. Code E63006785. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £195,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Launceston was £195,000 in 2025. Joint 207th 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/launceston#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,431** (2021). Launceston had 8,431 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 100th 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/launceston#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Launceston 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/launceston#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 79.8%** (January 2026). In Launceston, 79.8% 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/launceston#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006785) (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. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006785) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 110 homes were sold in Launceston in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006785) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Launceston. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006785) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Launceston had 8,431 usual residents at the census. ## How Launceston compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Launceston | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £195,000 | joint cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 8,431 | 10th 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 | 79.8% | 25th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Launceston | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cornwall 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018946) | 1,499 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% | | [Cornwall 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018948) | 1,708 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.0% | | [Cornwall 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018949) | 1,392 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 53.1% | | [Cornwall 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018950) | 1,692 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.6% | | [Cornwall 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01034848) | 2,136 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% | ## Your MP - [North Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cornwall): Ben Maguire (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 Launceston [PL15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl15) ## Middle areas in Launceston [Launceston](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/launceston) ## Towns near Launceston [Tavistock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tavistock), [Liskeard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/liskeard), [Saltash](https://openindex.co.uk/town/saltash), [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth), [Okehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/okehampton), [Bodmin](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bodmin) ## 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. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006785 - Constituency: [North Cornwall †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cornwall) - Council: [Cornwall †](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.22 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,234* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 26 * 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 [Tavistock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tavistock), [Liskeard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/liskeard), [Saltash](https://openindex.co.uk/town/saltash), [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth), [Okehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/okehampton), [Bodmin](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bodmin) ## Latest updates for Launceston - 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/E63006785 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/launceston, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/launceston#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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