Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Probus has less crime per resident than 79% of UK towns
From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Probus’s built-up area put it at A− for safety: #1 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 Probus
Less crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Probus has the 141st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Scholar Green, Pentyrch and Beaminster, higher than Stone, Rostrevor and Billinghay. 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. 100% of Probus’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.
Probus grades A− for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 157 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Probus against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Most Probus residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
Probus’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.
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.
Probus is 141st of 550 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 Probus, 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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| 138 | Stone Buckinghamshire | 2,081 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 8 | A− |
| 139 | Rostrevor Newry, Mourne and Down | 2,502 | 15.1 | 6 | 1.6 | A− |
| 140 | Billinghay Lincolnshire | 2,198 | 17.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | A− |
| 141 | Probus Cornwall | 2,565 | 17.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | A− |
| 142 | Coven Staffordshire | 2,399 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.6 | A− |
| 143 | Keyingham East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,031 | 18.4 | 3.1 | 2 | A− |
| 144 | Marcham Oxfordshire | 2,030 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 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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| 292 | Mullion Cornwall | 2,148 | 22.2 | 6.9 | 3.7 | B |
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| 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 17 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 1 burglary, vehicle crime or act 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.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 43 | 16.8 | 22.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 7 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 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.
43 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 38 the year before
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 +13% (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 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
No one died in a collision on Probus’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Probus’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 0 collisions with injuries inside Probus in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Probus is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Probus’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; Probus had 0.
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 Probus
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probus | 2,565 | 17.7 | 3.5 | A− |
| Grampound Road | 1,160 | 26 | 6 | B− |
| St Erme and Trispen | 1,604 | 18.6 | 5.2 | B+ |
| St Stephen | 2,339 | 46.8 | 11 | D |
| Truro | 23,060 | 56.3 | 16.3 | D |
| Shortlanesend | 1,427 | 17.3 | 4.3 | A− |
| Polgooth | 1,096 | 5 | 3 | A+ |
| Foxhole | 1,526 | 35.7 | 9.3 | C |
Probus records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Polgooth, 5.9 miles away, records 5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Probus’s 17.7.
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 Probus 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 Probus
Is Probus safe?
Police recorded 17.7 violent and sexual offences and 3.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Probus’s built-up area). That earns an A− for safety: less crime per resident than 79% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Probus is 141st from the least crime. 100% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Probus?
Police recorded 43 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 38 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Probus?
Violence & sexual offences: 43 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (7) and other theft (4), with 1 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Probus 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 Probus’s 17.7 and 3.5, 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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