Total Crime Rate
128.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Saltash Essa , and the 260th 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 Church Road (PL12 4HX) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.3% higher than the Saltash Essa average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (PL12 4HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warraton Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardings Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Saltash Essa| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Torbridge Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorns | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alamein Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warraton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Greenfield Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castlemead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alamein Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Torbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Hill | — |
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