Total Crime Rate
618.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Discovery Quay area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Falmouth Arwenack , and the 12th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Discovery Quay (TR11 3XA) in the last 12 months was 618.2 per 1,000 residents and was 528.8% higher than the Falmouth Arwenack average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Discovery Quay (TR11 3XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quay Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Falmouth Arwenack| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbeltown Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swanpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hull'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arwenack Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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