Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 200.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.3 9/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Camelford & Boscastle , and the 113th 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 High Street (PL32 9PQ) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 279.4% higher than the Camelford & Boscastle average (52.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 111.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (PL32 9PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Street, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Llewellyn Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Llewellyn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dark Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dark Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Place —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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