Total Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Hill Crescent area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Falmouth Penwerris , and the 480th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Hill Crescent (TR11 2PU) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% lower than the Falmouth Penwerris average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Hill Crescent (TR11 2PU), 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 | Esperanza Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dracaena Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dracaena Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tresillian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Hill Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Laburnum Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Pellew Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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