Trevenson House · Photo: Mutney · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Pool and Illogan records more crime than nine in ten UK towns
Shoplifting runs at 9.4 per 1,000 residents in Pool and Illogan, against 1.8 in a typical town its size: police recorded 81 in the 12 months to August 2026. Behind the grade sit 50.4 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026: #30 of 35 in Cornwall.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Pool and Illogan
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 15% of Pool and Illogan’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Pool and Illogan’s D for safety
A firm grade. Built on 1,656 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Pool and Illogan 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, Pool and Illogan runs highest on shoplifting (9.4 per 1,000 against 1.8), possession of weapons (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.4) and other theft (8 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 431 | 50.2 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 174 | 20.3 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 88 | 10.2 | 4.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 81 | 9.4 | 1.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 69 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 57 | 6.6 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 29 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 22 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 21 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 19 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 10 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 3 | 0.3 | 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.
1 in 7 Pool and Illogan residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
34% 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.
Pool and Illogan’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.
How Pool and Illogan compares with UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
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| 141 | Penryn Cornwall | 11,194 | 21.6 | 8.7 | 11 | B |
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| 260 | Helston Cornwall | 11,366 | 29.6 | 9.8 | 7.7 | C+ |
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| 313 | Torpoint Cornwall | 7,163 | 33.7 | 9.7 | 6.9 | C |
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| 321 | St Blazey Cornwall | 6,569 | 33.1 | 11.4 | 7.4 | C |
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| 440 | Filton Gloucestershire | 10,955 | 43.4 | 22.4 | 19.8 | D |
| 441 | North Wingfield and Holmewood Derbyshire | 9,545 | 48.8 | 17.4 | 9.4 | D |
| 442 | Pembroke Dyfed | 7,963 | 50.6 | 16.4 | 11.7 | D |
| 443 | Pool and Illogan Cornwall | 8,588 | 50.4 | 16.8 | 19.7 | D |
| 444 | Clayton-le-Moors Lancashire | 7,969 | 46.6 | 20.8 | 7.9 | D |
| 445 | Acrefair and Cefn-mawr Clwyd | 6,905 | 47.9 | 19.7 | 7 | D |
| 446 | Maryport Cumbria | 8,526 | 50.3 | 18 | 12.6 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 487 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | 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 Pool and Illogan, and others in Cornwall.
Crime in Pool and Illogan 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 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 18 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Pool and Illogan identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 62% of Pool and Illogan’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 14% 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 6% of violent and 4% 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. 474 crimes.
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 -12% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -24% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -25% (towns its size +0%).
Where in Pool and Illogan police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopping areas | 247 | 49% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 181 | 54% shoplifting & theft |
| Supermarkets | 95 | 61% 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 Pool and Illogan. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Two people died in collisions on Pool and Illogan’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 61 collisions with injuries inside Pool and Illogan in five years, in which two people died (1 was a pedestrian). 10 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Pool and Illogan’s two people are context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Pool and Illogan had 23.3 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (16.7).
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 Pool and Illogan’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Pool and Illogan
Pool and Illogan records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Illogan, 0.5 miles away, records 19.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Pool and Illogan’s 50.4.
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 Pool and Illogan 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 Pool and Illogan
Is Pool and Illogan safe?
Police recorded 50.4 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Pool and Illogan’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 8% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Pool and Illogan has less crime per resident than 7%. 15% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Pool and Illogan?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 12%, shoplifting and theft fell 24% and anti-social behaviour fell 25%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Pool and Illogan?
Violence & sexual offences: 431 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (88) and shoplifting (81), with 174 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Pool and Illogan 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 Pool and Illogan’s 50.4 and 16.8, 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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