Total Crime Rate

309.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 309.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 83.3 9/10
  • Public order 34.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Other theft 20.8 10/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Freshbrook Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor , and the 56th 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 Freshbrook Close (TR18 3RQ) in the last 12 months was 309.0 per 1,000 residents and was 421.9% higher than the Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor average (59.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 138.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freshbrook Close (TR18 3RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Branwell Lane. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Freshbrook Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Branwell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jelbert Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Branwell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Freshbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwel Lewern Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwel Lewern Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Branwell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastern Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foxes Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastern Green Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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