Photo: Gareth · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Bugle runs higher than in almost every UK town
From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Bugle’s built-up area put it at D− for safety.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
Bugle grades D− for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A firm grade. Built on 646 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bugle against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Against the typical town its size, Bugle runs highest on violence & sexual offences (75.3 per 1,000 against 16.6), criminal damage & arson (14.4 per 1,000 against 3.2) and burglary (5.8 per 1,000 against 1.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 183 | 75.3 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 35 | 14.4 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 24 | 9.9 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 17 | 7 | 2.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 14 | 5.8 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 14 | 5.8 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
Police in Bugle identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 169 crimes.
No suspect was identified for 48% of Bugle’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 8% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (67% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 4% of violent and 8% of household crimes reached court.
How Bugle compares with UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Bugle, and others in Cornwall.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
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| 86 | Carnon Downs and Devoran Cornwall | 2,129 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | A |
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| 141 | Probus Cornwall | 2,565 | 17.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | A− |
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| 153 | Lanner Cornwall | 2,164 | 18 | 4.2 | 3.7 | A− |
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| 289 | Threemilestone Cornwall | 2,854 | 22.4 | 6.4 | 9.1 | B |
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| 544 | Winwick Cheshire | 2,062 | 79.2 | 13.1 | 5.5 | D− |
| 545 | Garden City Clwyd | 2,427 | 66.3 | 26.8 | 13.5 | D− |
| 546 | Denholme West Yorkshire | 2,960 | 68.5 | 25.8 | 9.6 | D− |
| 547 | Bugle Cornwall | 2,430 | 71.4 | 23 | 7.8 | D− |
| 548 | Coundon and Leeholme County Durham | 2,522 | 60.8 | 38.1 | 14.3 | D− |
| 549 | Hatfield Woodhouse South Yorkshire | 2,208 | 97.5 | 7.3 | 2.6 | D− |
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
For every 1,000 residents, about 77 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 22 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
Violent crime held steady over the year
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +1% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +4% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -79% (towns its size -1%).
Devon & Cornwall Police published three months short or not at all (Sep 2023, Oct 2023 and Nov 2023), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
One person died in collisions on Bugle’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Bugle’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 23 collisions with injuries inside Bugle in five years, in which one person died. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Bugle’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Bugle’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Bugle had 4.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Crime in the places around Bugle
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugle | 2,430 | 71.4 | 23 | D− |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 50.1 | 12.8 | D |
| Roche | 2,311 | 27.5 | 5.8 | B− |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 47.8 | 15.6 | D |
| Nanpean | 1,077 | 20.9 | 11.1 | B− |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 35.7 | 9.3 | C |
| St Dennis | 2,363 | 39.4 | 13.5 | C− |
| Trewoon | 1,246 | 23.9 | 3.8 | B |
Bugle records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Penwithick, 1.9 miles away, records 50.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bugle’s 71.4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Devon & Cornwall Police published September 2023, October 2023 and November 2023 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Bugle sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Bugle
Is Bugle safe?
Police recorded 71.4 violent and sexual offences and 23 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bugle’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: behind almost every UK town. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Bugle has less crime per resident than 1%.
Is crime going up in Bugle?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 24% and anti-social behaviour fell 79%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bugle?
Violence & sexual offences: 183 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (35) and other theft (17), with 24 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bugle compare with St Austell?
St Austell records 47.8 violent and sexual offences and 15.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bugle’s 71.4 and 23, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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