Total Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenwood Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth , and the 704th 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 Greenwood Road (TR10 8RF) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 124.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 8.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenwood Road (TR10 8RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greenwood Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penvale Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Penryn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwithian Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenwood Crescent | Under investigation |
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