Total Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

11.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 51.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 11.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Falmouth Arwenack , and the 849th 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 Waterloo Road (TR11 3NU) in the last 12 months was 51.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower than the Falmouth Arwenack average (102.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 166.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (TR11 3NU), 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.

Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brook Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Webber Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Webber Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Webber Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trelawney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trelawney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order New Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Strand —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Gyllyng Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gyllyng Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Webber Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Market Strand Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Strand Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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