Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 22.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sycamore Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Penwithick & Boscoppa , and the 386th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sycamore Avenue (PL25 4DR) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% higher than the Penwithick & Boscoppa average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sycamore Avenue (PL25 4DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tregonissey Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sycamore Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lostwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Sylvan Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poltair Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lostwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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