Photo: Mari Buckley · CC BY-SA 2.0Longrock records public order at 2.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Longrock grades C− for safety overall: more crime per resident than 81% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally dropped 6% in a year. Violent crime here is higher than in 82% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 77%. The yearly rates were 38.3 violent and sexual offences and 14.1 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 Longrock
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 6% less violent crime per resident in Longrock than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Longrock: C− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 295 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Longrock against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Longrock runs highest on public order (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.4), other theft (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.5) and criminal damage & arson (8.1 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 78 | 39.3 | 16.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 35 | 17.7 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 16 | 8.1 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 14 | 7.1 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 14 | 7.1 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 9 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How Longrock compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
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| 22 | Polgooth Cornwall | 1,096 | 5 | 3 | 3 | A+ |
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| 44 | Mawnan Smith Cornwall | 1,001 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | A+ |
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| 108 | Mylor Bridge Cornwall | 1,534 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | A+ |
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| 117 | Perranarworthal Cornwall | 1,305 | 10.6 | 2 | 2.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1616 | Wolvercote Oxfordshire | 1,328 | 36.7 | 15.6 | 8.3 | C− |
| 1617 | New Quay Dyfed | 1,046 | 39.4 | 12.9 | 4.7 | C− |
| 1618 | Griston Norfolk | 1,361 | 49 | 3.4 | 1.5 | C− |
| 1619 | Longrock Cornwall | 1,983 | 38.3 | 14.1 | 26.8 | C− |
| 1620 | Easton Norfolk | 1,436 | 43.4 | 9.1 | 7 | C− |
| 1621 | Sherburn County Durham | 2,796 | 30.8 | 21.7 | 6.9 | C− |
| 1622 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | 1,143 | 42 | 10.8 | 4.9 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | 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 Longrock, and others in Cornwall.
Crime in Longrock 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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 25 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 Longrock 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 1,000 to 2,500 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 -6% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -16% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft -15% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -57% (towns its size -1%).
Where in Longrock police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol stations | 41 | 29% violent |
| Shopping areas | 35 | 63% shoplifting & theft |
| Supermarkets | 34 | 41% shoplifting & theft |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Longrock. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
One person died in collisions on Longrock’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 23 collisions with injuries inside Longrock in five years, in which one person died. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 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; Longrock’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Longrock’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Longrock 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 Longrock’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Longrock
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longrock | 1,983 | 38.3 | 14.1 | C− |
| Penzance | 14,957 | 53 | 18.7 | D |
| Newlyn | 3,362 | 29 | 7.7 | C+ |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 16.9 | 5.9 | A− |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 25.1 | 11.3 | C+ |
| Goldsithney | 1,346 | 19.7 | 4.3 | B+ |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 34.5 | 11.3 | C |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 18.1 | 4.7 | A− |
Longrock records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Penzance records more. Newlyn, 2.2 miles away, records 29 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Longrock’s 38.3.
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 Longrock 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 Longrock
Is Longrock safe?
Police recorded 38.3 violent and sexual offences and 14.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Longrock’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 19% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Longrock has less crime per resident than 8%.
Is crime going up in Longrock?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 6%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 16%, shoplifting and theft fell 15% and anti-social behaviour fell 57%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Longrock?
Violence & sexual offences: 78 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (35) and criminal damage & arson (16), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Longrock 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 Longrock’s 38.3 and 14.1, 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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