Total Crime Rate

406.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 406.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 142.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 94.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 67.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.1 10/10
  • Public order 23.7 10/10
  • Drugs 20.3 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Truro Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Penwithick & Boscoppa , and the 34th 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 Truro Road (PL25 5JF) in the last 12 months was 406.8 per 1,000 residents and was 484.7% higher than the Penwithick & Boscoppa average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -13.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 169.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Truro Road (PL25 5JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grant'S Walk, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Truro Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blowing House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Watersedge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Ledrah Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledrah Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Moorland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pondhu Road —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Blowing House Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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