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Crime · Penzance
Reported crime in Penzance
2,267 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 109 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,267
Rate / 1,000
109
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 918 | 40% |
| Anti social behaviour | 371 | 16% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 228 | 10% |
| Shoplifting | 180 | 8% |
| Public order | 168 | 7% |
| Other theft | 141 | 6% |
| Drugs | 65 | 3% |
| Burglary | 52 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 43 | 2% |
| Other crime | 41 | 2% |
| Robbery | 22 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 20 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 16 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 74 | 80 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 93 | 100 | 80 | 84 | 918 |
| Anti social behaviour | 55 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 371 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 22 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 228 |
| Shoplifting | 20 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 180 |
| Public order | 22 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 168 |
| Other theft | 6 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 141 |
| Drugs | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
| Burglary | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 52 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 43 | |
| Other crime | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 41 |
| Robbery | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 230 | 219 | 194 | 153 | 150 | 151 | 181 | 184 | 191 | 214 | 200 | 200 | 2267 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Penzance, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,737.