Photo: Andy F · CC BY 3.0On burglary, vehicle crime and damage, Carbis Bay has a lower rate per resident than 88% of UK towns
More crime per resident is recorded in 82% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Across all the graded crimes, Carbis Bay lands on A− (#2 of 35 in Cornwall): less crime per resident than 76% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Still, recorded violence rose 7% in a year. Typical years here bring 18.1 violent and sexual offences plus 4.7 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 Carbis Bay
Less crime than many places its size
Of 539 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, Carbis Bay has the 109th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Framlingham, Chalfont St Giles and Cubbington, higher than Bulford, Barton-under-Needwood and Claydon. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 31% of Carbis Bay’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 7% more violent crime per resident in Carbis Bay than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Carbis Bay’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 260 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Carbis Bay against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A third of Carbis Bay residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
100% 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.
Carbis Bay’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.
109th of 539: Carbis Bay among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 106 | Bulford Wiltshire | 4,923 | 17.3 | 5.2 | 3.1 | A− |
| 107 | Barton-under-Needwood Staffordshire | 4,713 | 16 | 6.7 | 2.8 | A− |
| 108 | Claydon Suffolk | 3,140 | 17.1 | 5.6 | 4.5 | A− |
| 109 | Carbis Bay Cornwall | 3,967 | 18.1 | 4.7 | 2.5 | A− |
| 110 | Binfield Berkshire | 4,851 | 17 | 6 | 3 | A− |
| 111 | Stretton Staffordshire | 4,646 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 5 | A− |
| 112 | Cowbridge South Glamorgan | 3,649 | 15.9 | 7.1 | 9.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 157 | St Agnes Cornwall | 3,253 | 18.8 | 6.7 | 2.9 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 185 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | 3,506 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 210 | Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road Cornwall | 3,888 | 21.9 | 6.3 | 32.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 258 | Porthleven Cornwall | 3,118 | 24.6 | 5.7 | 3.6 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 539 | 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 Carbis Bay, and others in Cornwall.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour and criminal damage & arson sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 73 | 18.4 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 21 | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 4 | 1 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 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.
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 Carbis Bay 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 5 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Carbis Bay has moved
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 +7% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -14% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -13% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Carbis Bay’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 9 collisions with injuries inside Carbis Bay in five years. 4 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 Carbis Bay is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Carbis Bay’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 3 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Carbis Bay 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.
Collisions police recorded inside Carbis Bay’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Carbis Bay
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 18.1 | 4.7 | A− |
| St Ives | 5,413 | 44.3 | 13.8 | D |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 36.7 | 15.3 | C− |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 34.5 | 11.3 | C |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 16.9 | 5.9 | A− |
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | 36.6 | 6.1 | C |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 25.1 | 11.3 | C+ |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 19.7 | 4.3 | B+ |
Carbis Bay records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Crowlas, 3.4 miles away, records 16.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Carbis Bay’s 18.1.
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 Carbis Bay 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 Carbis Bay
Is Carbis Bay safe?
Police recorded 18.1 violent and sexual offences and 4.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Carbis Bay’s built-up area). That earns an A− for safety: less crime per resident than 76% of UK towns. Among 539 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, Carbis Bay is 109th from the least crime. 31% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Carbis Bay?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 7%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 14%, shoplifting and theft fell 42% and anti-social behaviour fell 13%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Carbis Bay?
Violence & sexual offences: 73 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (10) and other theft (5), with 21 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Carbis Bay compare with Camborne?
Camborne records 50 violent and sexual offences and 17.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Carbis Bay’s 18.1 and 4.7, 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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