Total Crime Rate
152.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prospect 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.
View Crime In Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool'S Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Black Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
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