Total Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth , and the 814th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around West Street (TR10 8ES) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 99.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Street (TR10 8ES), 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 | Shoplifting | Lower Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Permarin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trenarth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenarth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Helston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shute Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Permarin Road | Under investigation |
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