Total Crime Rate
72.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beacon Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Falmouth Penwerris , and the 560th 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 Beacon Road (TR11 2LS) in the last 12 months was 72.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% lower than the Falmouth Penwerris average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beacon Road (TR11 2LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Symons Hill, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Hill Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Polwithen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Beacon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Beacon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Beacon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Symons Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Five Fields Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pellew Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pellew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Hichens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pellew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glasney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glasney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glasney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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