Crime Rates at Sunny Side Cottages, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8EH

Sunny Side Cottages area has the 4th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Perranporth , and the 303rd 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 Sunny Side Cottages (TR4 8EH) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 105.3% higher than the Perranporth average (56.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sunny Side Cottages (TR4 8EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheal Concorde Way, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Passmore Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.