Total Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prospect Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East , and the 219th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Prospect Close (TR27 4NP) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 98.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prospect Close (TR27 4NP), 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 | Madison Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Madison Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevassack Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Black Road | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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