Total Crime Rate
552.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
199.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Market area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 15th 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 Green Market (TR18 2SD) in the last 12 months was 552.0 per 1,000 residents and was 213.8% higher 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 199.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Green Market (TR18 2SD), 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 | Tolver Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Greenmarket | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morrab Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penwith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morrab Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Causewayhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Causewayhead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Causewayhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Causewayhead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Causewayhead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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