Total Crime Rate

159.1 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 159.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Mountwise Cottages area has the 11th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Newquay Central & Pentire , and the 178th 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 Mountwise Cottages (TR7 2BX) in the last 12 months was 159.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% lower than the Newquay Central & Pentire average (200.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 93.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountwise Cottages (TR7 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Gover Lane. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mountwise Cottages area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Island Crescent
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marcus Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marcus Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gover Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bracken Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bracken Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bracken Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gover Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gover Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gover Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gover Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gover Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gover Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trebarwith Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft East Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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