Total Crime Rate
161.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Higher Market Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth , and the 183rd 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 Higher Market Street (TR10 8EQ) in the last 12 months was 161.0 per 1,000 residents and was 497.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Higher Market Street (TR10 8EQ), 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 | Saracen Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Head | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Glasney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Permarin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Permarin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Crescent | Under investigation |
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