Crime Rate in Mevagissey & St Austell Bay, ward

Mevagissey & St Austell Bay has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 87 wards in Cornwall district and the 1669th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 236th lowest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mevagissey & St Austell Bay in the last 12 months was 40.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% lower than the Cornwall district average (73.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mevagissey & St Austell Bay’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 137 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mevagissey & St Austell Bay ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Ley Close, with 20 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Gwartha Close (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.