Total Crime Rate
116.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Helston Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth , and the 300th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Helston Road (TR10 8ND) in the last 12 months was 116.6 per 1,000 residents and was 332.5% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 67.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Helston Road (TR10 8ND), 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 | Other theft | Lower Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute Meadow | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Lower Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glasney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saracen Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenarth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trenarth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Helston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Permarin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Permarin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shute Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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