Total Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prouts Way area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Camelford & Boscastle , and the 249th lowest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Prouts Way (PL15 7HT) in the last 12 months was 17.7 per 1,000 residents and was 66.7% lower than the Camelford & Boscastle average (53.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prouts Way (PL15 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tor View, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Compass West (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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