# Saltash Town in Cornwall, South West. Saltash is a town in Cornwall, South West. Median sale price £257,250 in 2025. Recorded crime 64.3 per 1,000 people. About 15,532 people. Town. Code E63006918. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) Saltash is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Saltash 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: £257,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Saltash was £257,250 in 2025. 501st 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/saltash#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,433** (2021). Saltash had 15,433 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 530th 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/saltash#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Saltash 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/saltash#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.7%** (January 2026). In Saltash, 91.7% 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/saltash#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006918) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Saltash 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=E63006918) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 222 homes were sold in Saltash in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006918) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Saltash. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006918) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Saltash had 15,433 usual residents at the census. ## How Saltash compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Saltash | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £257,250 | 19th cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 15,433 | 56th most 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 | 91.7% | 45th highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Saltash safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Saltash at a rate of 64.3 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, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Saltash. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (410), other crime (164) and anti-social behaviour (127). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Saltash was 70.4 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 Saltash, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Saltash has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Saltash | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cornwall 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018787) | 1,523 | 144.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.7% | | [Cornwall 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018795) | 1,218 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.0% | | [Cornwall 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018796) | 1,173 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% | | [Cornwall 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018786) | 1,246 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% | | [Cornwall 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018788) | 1,416 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.1% | | [Cornwall 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018790) | 1,203 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% | | [Cornwall 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018794) | 1,416 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% | | [Cornwall 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018789) | 1,403 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% | | [Cornwall 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018791) | 1,278 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.6% | | [Cornwall 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018792) | 2,719 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.4% | | [Cornwall 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01018793) | 1,690 | 155.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.5% | ## Your MP - [South East Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-east-cornwall): Anna Gelderd (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 Saltash [PL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl12) ## Middle areas in Saltash [Mid Saltash](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/mid-saltash), [Saltash Latchbrook & St Stephens](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/saltash-latchbrook-and-st-stephens), [Saltash Town & Pillmere](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/saltash-town-and-pillmere) ## Towns near Saltash [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth), [Tavistock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tavistock), [Liskeard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/liskeard), [Ivybridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ivybridge), [Launceston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/launceston) ## Saltash in brief Saltash is a town in Cornwall, South West. About 15,532 people lived in Saltash in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £257,250 in 2025 across 222 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Saltash was £257,250 in 2025. Saltash had 15,433 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Saltash live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Saltash, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006918 - Constituency: [South East Cornwall †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-east-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: 3.91 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,532* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 52 * 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 [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth), [Tavistock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tavistock), [Liskeard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/liskeard), [Ivybridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ivybridge), [Launceston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/launceston) ## Latest updates for Saltash - 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/E63006918 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/saltash, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/saltash#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/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/saltash