Total Crime Rate

983.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

411.0 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 983.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 411.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 293.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 216.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 200.0 10/10
  • Public order 79.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 63.0 10/10
  • Other theft 43.8 10/10
  • Robbery 30.1 10/10
  • Drugs 16.4 9/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Other crime 11.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 3/10
  • 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

Bread 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 2FE) 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 2FE), 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.

Crime Over Time in Bread Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/66)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Leskinnick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Causewayhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alverton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Causewayhead —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Causewayhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Causewayhead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Causewayhead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Alverton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Causewayhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queens Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Penrose Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Alverton Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Leskinnick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime New Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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