Total Crime Rate

180.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Market Jew Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 144th 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 Market Jew Street (TR18 2HT) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher than the Penzance East average (179.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 87.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Jew Street (TR18 2HT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 194 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Market Jew Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Taroveor Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Brewery Yard
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belle Vue Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lescudjack Road
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jennings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bread Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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