Crime Rate in St Blazey, ward

St Blazey has the 20th highest crime rate of 87 wards in Cornwall district and the 2792nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 195th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Blazey in the last 12 months was 79.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Cornwall district average (73.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Blazey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 260.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 284 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Blazey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Penarwyn Road, with 28 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Vernon Villas (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.