Total Crime Rate
156.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sydney Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Rame Peninsula & St Germans , and the 190th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sydney Road (PL11 2LY) in the last 12 months was 156.0 per 1,000 residents and was 216.0% higher than the Rame Peninsula & St Germans average (49.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sydney Road (PL11 2LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adela Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rame Peninsula & St Germans| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Adela Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Antony Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Lawns | Under investigation |
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