Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

John Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Truro Boscawen & Redannick , and the 408th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around John Street (TR1 3JF) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Truro Boscawen & Redannick average (137.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around John Street (TR1 3JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tregear Gardens, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cuth Avallon (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in John Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tresawya Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunel Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chy Barham Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chy Barham Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chy Barham Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chy Barham Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tregear Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tregear Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tregear Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tregear Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cuth Avallon Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tresawya Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kenwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brunel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunel Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dominic Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunel Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stokes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hendra Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Observer Close —
Sep 2025Public order Observer Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edward Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tresawya Drive —
Sep 2025Other crime Claremont Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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