Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Threemilestone stands out for shoplifting: 2.3 times the rate of a typical town its size
Recorded violence rose 28% in a year. Measured against the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, 63% of them record more crime per resident. Overall, it grades B for safety (#6 of 35 in Cornwall). Behind the grade sit 22.4 violent and sexual offences and 6.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Threemilestone
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 28% more violent crime per resident in Threemilestone than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Threemilestone has the 425th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Taff's Well, Llanharry and Mullion, higher than Yarnton, Langford and Great Blakenham. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Threemilestone’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 244 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Threemilestone against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Threemilestone 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 +28% (towns its size +1%), shoplifting and theft -32% (towns its size +2%).
How Threemilestone’s neighbourhoods rank in England
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.
Threemilestone’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Threemilestone runs highest on shoplifting (4.2 per 1,000 against 1.8). Criminal damage & arson and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 71 | 24.9 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 12 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 11 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 11 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 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 Threemilestone 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Set against 856 towns its size, Threemilestone is 425th
| # | 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− |
| … | ||||||
| 422 | Yarnton Oxfordshire | 3,227 | 22.7 | 6 | 7.5 | B |
| 423 | Langford Bedfordshire | 3,712 | 22.2 | 6.6 | 3.7 | B |
| 424 | Great Blakenham Suffolk | 2,188 | 16.8 | 12 | 12 | B |
| 425 | Threemilestone Cornwall | 2,854 | 22.4 | 6.4 | 9.1 | B |
| 426 | Tanyfron Clwyd | 2,229 | 20.3 | 8.5 | 2.1 | B |
| 427 | Barrow upon Humber Lincolnshire | 2,843 | 21.1 | 8 | 2.2 | B |
| 428 | Witham St Hughs Lincolnshire | 3,483 | 22.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Threemilestone, and others in Cornwall.
One person died in collisions on Threemilestone’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 21 collisions with injuries inside Threemilestone in five years, in which one person died. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 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; Threemilestone’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Threemilestone’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; Threemilestone had 5.
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 Threemilestone’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Threemilestone
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threemilestone | 2,854 | 22.4 | 6.4 | B |
| Shortlanesend | 1,427 | 17.3 | 4.3 | A− |
| Truro | 23,060 | 56.3 | 16.3 | D |
| Carnon Downs and Devoran | 2,129 | 14.3 | 3.9 | A |
| Perranarworthal | 1,305 | 10.6 | 2 | A+ |
| St Day | 1,432 | 31 | 10.4 | C |
| Carharrack | 1,525 | 14.1 | 6.4 | A− |
| Mount Hawke | 1,593 | 21 | 6.9 | B |
Threemilestone records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Truro and St Day record more. Shortlanesend, 2.4 miles away, records 17.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Threemilestone’s 22.4.
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 Threemilestone 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 Threemilestone
Is Threemilestone safe?
Police recorded 22.4 violent and sexual offences and 6.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Threemilestone’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 59% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Threemilestone is 425th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Threemilestone?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 28%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 29%, shoplifting and theft fell 32% and anti-social behaviour rose 25%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Threemilestone?
Violence & sexual offences: 71 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (12) and criminal damage & arson (11), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Threemilestone compare with Truro?
Truro records 56.3 violent and sexual offences and 16.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Threemilestone’s 22.4 and 6.4, 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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