Total Crime Rate
307.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Penwerris Road area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend , and the 60th 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 Penwerris Road (TR1 3QT) in the last 12 months was 307.1 per 1,000 residents and was 225.3% higher than the Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 118.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penwerris Road (TR1 3QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Thomas Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trevose Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayfarer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trevose Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Galland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Galland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Behenna Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Behenna Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Townsend Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Thomas Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penwethers Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trevose Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trevose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Navigator Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevose Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Treliske Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penwerris Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Treliske Lane | Under investigation |
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