Total Crime Rate

142.3 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 142.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Causewayhead area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 223rd 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 Causewayhead (TR18 2SR) in the last 12 months was 142.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Causewayhead (TR18 2SR), 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 Causewayhead area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penwith Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Brewery Yard β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Causewayhead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Custom House Lane β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queens Square β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Queens Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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