Total Crime Rate
410.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cliff Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Falmouth Arwenack , and the 30th 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 Cliff Road (TR11 4NP) in the last 12 months was 410.5 per 1,000 residents and was 298.8% higher than the Falmouth Arwenack average (102.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cliff Road (TR11 4NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gyllyngvase Hill, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melvill Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosloggas Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gyllyngvase Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gyllyngvase Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gyllyngvase Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gyllyngvase Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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