Total Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ponsharden Cottages 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 Ponsharden Cottages (TR11 2TN) 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 Ponsharden Cottages (TR11 2TN), 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 | Ashfield Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esperanza Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ashfield Villas | Under investigation |
| 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 | Ashfield Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Laburnum Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Close | Under investigation |
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