Total Crime Rate

92.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chancery Lane area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Penzance East , and the 412th 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 Chancery Lane (TR18 4AN) in the last 12 months was 92.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% lower than the Penzance East average (179.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chancery Lane (TR18 4AN), 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 Chancery Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/95)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Custom House Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parade Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jennings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jennings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jennings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Public order Princes Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bread Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bread Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bread Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 95

Data Sources

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