Total Crime Rate

81.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 81.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 27.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Custom House Lane area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 493rd highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Custom House Lane (TR18 2NN) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.7% lower than the Penzance East average (175.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Custom House Lane (TR18 2NN), 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 Custom House Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Quay Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Voundervour Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Daniel Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Causewayhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Causewayhead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Causewayhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Causewayhead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Causewayhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Causewayhead —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queens Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albert Street —
Apr 2026Public order Albert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Albert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Albert Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Albert Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bread Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Alverton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parade Street 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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