Total Crime Rate
171.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Church Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East , and the 166th 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 Lower Church Street (TR27 4LP) in the last 12 months was 171.2 per 1,000 residents and was 101.0% higher than the Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East average (85.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Church Street (TR27 4LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Black Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sea Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodriggy Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baileys Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baileys Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bodriggy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
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