Total Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bowles Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Falmouth Penwerris , and the 409th 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 25.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% lower than the Falmouth Penwerris average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowles Road (TR11 2PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Hill, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Hill Crescent (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glasney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Hichens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Symons Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pellew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pellew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glasney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glasney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pellew Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Hill Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tresillian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Parade | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Old Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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