Total Crime Rate

587.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

216.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 587.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 216.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 209.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 182.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.3 10/10
  • Other theft 47.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 40.5 8/10
  • Public order 33.8 10/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Back Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Ives East, Lelant & Carbis Bay , and the 12th 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 Back Street (TR26 1AE) in the last 12 months was 587.8 per 1,000 residents and was 949.7% higher than the St Ives East, Lelant & Carbis Bay average (56.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 216.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Street (TR26 1AE), the main crime hotspot is near Trenwith Place. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Back Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Church Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fore Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tregenna Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Peters Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Strand —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Andrew'S Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Rope Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Godrevy Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Road West Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Back Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trenwith Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wills Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tregenna Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Porthmeor Square —
Apr 2026Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Virgin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tregenna Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Gabriel Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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