Total Crime Rate

152.5 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 152.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Prospect Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East , and the 201st 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 Prospect Close (TR27 4NP) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 101.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.6% 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 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prospect Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pool'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Square
Sep 2025Shoplifting Black Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Black Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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