Drakewalls doesn't really have a high street in the way most places do — this is scattered detached housing on the Cornwall-Devon border, the kind of spot where you notice hedgerows before you notice neighbours. With a population in the dozens rather than thousands, it reads less like a suburb and more like a hamlet that got filed under one. The numbers on crime need unpacking rather than reacting to. The area logs a total of 2 crimes in the past year against Cornwall's baseline, yet the comparison to the parent authority shows a rate wildly above it — a statistical quirk of very small populations, where a handful of incidents swings the rate hard in either direction. Violence and sexual offences dominate the breakdown, but with numbers this low, one or two incidents can rewrite the whole picture; the "worsening" trend flag is worth noting but shouldn't be read as a pattern the way it would in a town of thousands. For schooling, the one sampled option nearby is The Lowen School, a small independent special school rather than a mainstream primary or secondary — worth knowing if you've got school-age children, since it tells you this isn't a place with the usual catchment options on your doorstep. Getting about relies on Gunnislake Rail Station, and the "A" transport and connectivity grades suggest that, despite the rural feel, you're not cut off — decent broadband infrastructure (part-fibre coverage above 60%) backs that up. Property here is almost entirely detached houses sold freehold — thirteen sales sampled, five detached, none of them new-build — which is the classic signature of a settled, low-turnover rural pocket rather than a churn-heavy commuter belt. The median sale price sits below both the Cornwall and national medians, about 8% cheaper than the wider unitary authority, so you're not paying a premium for the acreage and quiet. Council tax band D costs are close to the national average, nothing startling either way. Day-to-day life will mean driving for most things — there's no named green space or restaurant cluster in the picture here, which itself tells you this is a place for people who already know they want space over amenity, not one where you stroll to a café. The overall grade profile — B+ across health, housing and safety, an outright A for nightlife and transport oddly enough — paints somewhere comfortable rather than deprived, sitting mid-table nationally on income and deprivation deciles. It suits people who've made peace with rural quiet, own a car, and don't need a bustling centre to feel settled — less so anyone wanting walkable schools, shops, or a sense of a defined town around them.