Total Crime Rate

37.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bowles Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Falmouth Penwerris , and the 707th lowest 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 Bowles Road (TR11 2PP) in the last 12 months was 37.9 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Falmouth Penwerris average (98.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowles Road (TR11 2PP), the main crime hotspot is near Old Hill. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Falmouth Penwerris

Crime Over Time in Bowles Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Meadowbank Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Meadowbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Robert Hichens Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowbank Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Old Hill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order North Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Parade
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Hill
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenville Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Old Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Pellew Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Old Hill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Old Hill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.