Total Crime Rate
121.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wesley Yard area has the 16th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Newquay Central & Pentire , and the 276th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wesley Yard (TR7 1LB) in the last 12 months was 121.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower than the Newquay Central & Pentire average (203.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wesley Yard (TR7 1LB), the main crime hotspot is near Gover Lane. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trevose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trevose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gover Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gover Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gover Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gover Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trevose Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trevose Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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