Total Crime Rate
114.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth , and the 310th 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 New Street (TR10 8EB) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 325.8% higher than the Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth average (27.0 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Street (TR10 8EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower Market Street, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Penryn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Permarin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glasney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Head | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Permarin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quay Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quay Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bohelland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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