Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Camelford than in 79% of UK towns
Measured against the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, 25% of them record more crime per resident. Overall, Camelford grades C for safety (#16 of 35 in Cornwall): more crime per resident than 72% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Typical years here bring 36.3 violent and sexual offences plus 8.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Camelford
More crime than many places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Camelford has the 709th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Theale, Hawkhurst and Knighton, higher than Bedale, Shenstone and Shelley. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Camelford’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 381 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Camelford against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Camelford identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 45% of Camelford’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 10% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (75% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 2% of violent and 0% of household crimes reached court.
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. 114 crimes.
How Camelford’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Camelford’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Of 856 towns its size, Camelford is 709th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 121 | Carnon Downs and Devoran Cornwall | 2,129 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 200 | Probus Cornwall | 2,565 | 17.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 217 | Lanner Cornwall | 2,164 | 18 | 4.2 | 3.7 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 239 | Carbis Bay Cornwall | 3,967 | 18.1 | 4.7 | 2.5 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 706 | Bedale North Yorkshire | 3,289 | 33.7 | 10.6 | 6.8 | C |
| 707 | Shenstone Staffordshire | 2,196 | 21 | 23.4 | 6.7 | C |
| 708 | Shelley Essex | 2,405 | 28.8 | 15.8 | 4.6 | C |
| 709 | Camelford Cornwall | 2,983 | 36.3 | 8.5 | 6.7 | C |
| 710 | Berry Hill Gloucestershire | 2,211 | 29.8 | 15.2 | 7.1 | C |
| 711 | Thurston Suffolk | 3,009 | 38.3 | 6.7 | 11.1 | C |
| 712 | Rhostyllen Clwyd | 2,760 | 34.4 | 10.6 | 6.9 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Camelford, and others in Cornwall.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Camelford runs highest on violence & sexual offences (36.9 per 1,000 against 22.4), public order (5 per 1,000 against 3.6) and criminal damage & arson (5.7 per 1,000 against 4.5). Anti-social behaviour sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 110 | 36.9 | 22.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 17 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 15 | 5 | 3.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 4.4 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 3 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“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.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Camelford per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Violent crime held steady over the year
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 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
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 +1%), homes and vehicles +20% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -55% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Camelford’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 12 collisions with injuries inside Camelford in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Camelford is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Camelford’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Camelford had 2.
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.
Collisions police recorded inside Camelford’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Camelford
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelford | 2,983 | 36.3 | 8.5 | C |
| Delabole | 1,779 | 21 | 5.9 | B |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 22.4 | 5.8 | B |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 42.4 | 13 | C− |
| Bodmin | 16,904 | 59.6 | 16.2 | D |
| Rock | 1,156 | 20.1 | 4.4 | B+ |
Camelford records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 5 neighbours; only Wadebridge and Bodmin record more. Delabole, 2 miles away, records 21 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Camelford’s 36.3.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
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 Camelford 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 Camelford
Is Camelford safe?
Police recorded 36.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Camelford’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 28% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Camelford is 709th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Camelford?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 20%, shoplifting and theft rose 19% and anti-social behaviour fell 55%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Camelford?
Violence & sexual offences: 110 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (17) and public order (15), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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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