Total Crime Rate

84.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 84.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 43.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wheal Silver area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Redruth North , and the 476th 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 Wheal Silver (TR15 1AG) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% lower than the Redruth North average (132.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheal Silver (TR15 1AG), the main crime hotspot is near Lemin'S Court. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Wheal Silver area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pond Lanes End Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheal Silver Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tolgus Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lemin'S Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Symons Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Symons Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plain-An-Gwarry Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pond Lanes End Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pond Lanes End Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lemin'S Court —
Apr 2026Drugs Lemin'S Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lemin'S Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lemin'S Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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