Total Crime Rate
1773.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Nicholas Street area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Truro Boscawen & Redannick , and the 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 St Nicholas Street (TR1 2RW) in the last 12 months was 1773.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1188.0% higher than the Truro Boscawen & Redannick average (137.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 168 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 139 (β 534.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Nicholas Street (TR1 2RW), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary'S Street. Police recorded 283 crimes here, including 127 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Truro Boscawen & Redannick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strangways Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quay Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Quay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strangways Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tregear Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tregear Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daubuz Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Infirmary Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Infirmary Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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