# Pool and Illogan Town in Cornwall, South West. Pool and Illogan is a town in Cornwall, South West. Median sale price £273,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 101.1 per 1,000 people. About 8,881 people. Town. Code E63007009. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) Pool and Illogan is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Pool and Illogan 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: £273,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Pool and Illogan was £273,500 in 2025. 510th most expensive 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/pool-and-illogan#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,588** (2021). Pool and Illogan had 8,588 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 113th 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/pool-and-illogan#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Pool and Illogan 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/pool-and-illogan#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 47.2%** (January 2026). In Pool and Illogan, 47.2% 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/pool-and-illogan#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63007009) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Pool and Illogan 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=E63007009) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 104 homes were sold in Pool and Illogan in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63007009) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Pool and Illogan. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63007009) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Pool and Illogan had 8,588 usual residents at the census. ## How Pool and Illogan compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Pool and Illogan | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £273,500 | 44th cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 8,588 | 11th 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 | 47.2% | 2nd lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Pool and Illogan safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pool and Illogan at a rate of 101.1 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, 76 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pool and Illogan. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (391), anti-social behaviour (146) and other crime (144). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Pool and Illogan was 115.5 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 Pool and Illogan, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Pool and Illogan has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Pool and Illogan | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cornwall 045A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018889) | 1,265 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 48.3% | | [Cornwall 045E](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018893) | 1,328 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 25.7% | | [Cornwall 051C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018896) | 1,417 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 60.8% | | [Cornwall 051D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018897) | 2,385 | 177.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 38.8% | | [Cornwall 051E](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018898) | 1,284 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 61.6% | ## Your MP - [Camborne and Redruth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/camborne-and-redruth): Perran Moon (Labour), 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 Pool and Illogan [TR15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr15), [TR16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr16) ## Middle areas in Pool and Illogan [Pool & Illogan Highway](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/pool-and-illogan-highway) ## Towns near Pool and Illogan [Redruth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/redruth), [Camborne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/camborne), [Hayle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hayle), [Truro](https://openindex.co.uk/town/truro), [Penryn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penryn), [Helston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston) ## Pool and Illogan in brief Pool and Illogan is a town in Cornwall, South West. About 8,881 people lived in Pool and Illogan in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £273,500 in 2025 across 104 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Pool and Illogan was £273,500 in 2025. Pool and Illogan had 8,588 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Pool and Illogan live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Pool and Illogan, 47.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63007009 - Constituency: [Camborne and Redruth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/camborne-and-redruth) - Council: [Cornwall †](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.97 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,881* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 28 * 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 [Redruth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/redruth), [Camborne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/camborne), [Hayle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hayle), [Truro](https://openindex.co.uk/town/truro), [Penryn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/penryn), [Helston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/helston) ## Latest updates for Pool and Illogan - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63007009 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/pool-and-illogan, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/pool-and-illogan#f-house-sales-median-price. 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