Total Crime Rate
587.8 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
189.2 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Bowling Green Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Ives East, Lelant & Carbis Bay , and the 12th highest crime rate of 1,817 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 Bowling Green Terrace (TR26 1JS) in the last 12 months was 587.8 per 1,000 residents and was 925.7% higher than the St Ives East, Lelant & Carbis Bay average (57.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 189.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowling Green Terrace (TR26 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trenwith Place, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Strand (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Trenwith Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Godrevy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Virgin Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Strand | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Porthmeor Square | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godrevy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godrevy Terrace | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfields Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Strand | — |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Church Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Digey | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Road West | Awaiting court outcome |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Back Road West | Awaiting court outcome |
| Mar 2026 | Possession of weapons | Back Road West | Awaiting court outcome |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tregenna Hill | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
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