Total Crime Rate
196.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dracaena Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Falmouth Penwerris , and the 119th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dracaena Avenue (TR11 2ER) in the last 12 months was 196.9 per 1,000 residents and was 101.6% higher than the Falmouth Penwerris average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dracaena Avenue (TR11 2ER), the main crime hotspot is near Ashfield Villas. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ashfield Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevaylor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tregullow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Laburnum Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laburnum Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esperanza Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Hill Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Under investigation |
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