Total Crime Rate
81.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Michaels Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 491st highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Michaels Street (TR18 2FF) in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Michaels Street (TR18 2FF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britons Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | 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 | Theft from the person | Old Brewery Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Penrose Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Higher Peverell Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosevean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penwith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leskinnick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leskinnick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bread Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albert Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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