Total Crime Rate

184.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 184.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.4 10/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Commercial Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East , and the 137th 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 Commercial Road (TR27 4DE) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 143.3% higher than the Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 106.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (TR27 4DE), the main crime hotspot is near Ellis Way. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3301 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellis Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodriggy Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodriggy Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bay View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sea Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sea Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sea Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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