Police recorded 19,470 violence and sexual offences offences in Cornwall in the 12 months to June 2026, up 13.3% (2,284) on the previous 12 months. That is 33.3 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 584,782
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
2,436 (partial)
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—
June 2012
5,435
10.1
2012
June 2013
5,563
10.3
2013
June 2014
6,056
11.1
2014
June 2015
6,374
11.6
2015
June 2016
7,021
12.7
2016
June 2017
8,608
15.5
2017
June 2018
11,089
19.8
2018
June 2019
11,578
20.5
2019
June 2020
12,005
21.2
2020
June 2021
12,715
22.2
2021
June 2022
13,386
23.3
2022
June 2023
4,870 (partial)
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June 2024
12,617
21.7
2024
June 2025
17,186
29.4
2025
June 2026
19,470
33.3
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.