Total Crime Rate

558.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

219.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 558.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 219.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 204.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 69.1 10/10
  • Public order 45.1 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 15.0 6/10
  • Drugs 12.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Higher Fore Street area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Redruth North , and the 14th 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 Higher Fore Street (TR15 2AP) in the last 12 months was 558.6 per 1,000 residents and was 321.0% higher than the Redruth North average (132.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 219.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Fore Street (TR15 2AP), the main crime hotspot is near Fore Street. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Higher Fore Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Strand Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heanton Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shoot Row —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trefusis Terrace —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Basset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alma Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alma Place —
Apr 2026Public order Middletons Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heanton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middletons Row —
Apr 2026Drugs Heanton Terrace Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Fore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heanton Terrace —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Heanton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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