Total Crime Rate
983.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
411.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bread Street area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 6th 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 Bread Street (TR18 2EH) in the last 12 months was 983.6 per 1,000 residents and was 459.2% higher than the Penzance East average (175.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -18.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 150 (≈ 411.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bread Street (TR18 2EH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Greenmarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Greenmarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Greenmarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albert Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albert Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bread Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leskinnick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leskinnick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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