Total Crime Rate
314.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Newquay Porth & Tretherras , and the 59th 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 This (TR8 4QB) in the last 12 months was 314.9 per 1,000 residents and was 563.5% higher than the Newquay Porth & Tretherras average (47.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -54.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode TR8 4QB, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kew An Prysk (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Columb Minor & Colan| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stret Avalennek | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew An Prysk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kew An Prysk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kew An Prysk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kew An Prysk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stret Avalennek | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew An Prysk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew An Prysk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stret Avalennek | Awaiting court outcome |
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