Total Crime Rate
63.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlborough Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Falmouth Arwenack , and the 660th 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 Marlborough Road (TR11 3LR) in the last 12 months was 63.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% lower than the Falmouth Arwenack average (102.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Road (TR11 3LR), the main crime hotspot is near Market Strand. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 60 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 | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trelawney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Strand | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gyllyng Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Strand | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arwenack Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trelawney Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Webber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Webber Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webber Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gyllyng Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
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