Total Crime Rate
165.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Terrace area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Truro Boscawen & Redannick , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Terrace (TR1 3HT) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% higher than the Truro Boscawen & Redannick average (138.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Terrace (TR1 3HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Dominic Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Dominic Square (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bosvigo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chy Barham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dominic Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunel Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferris Town | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferris Town | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferris Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chy Barham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chy Barham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chy Barham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chy Barham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ferris Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dominic Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwith Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferris Town | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dominic Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferris Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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