Total Crime Rate
184.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warfelton Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Saltash Essa , and the 144th 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 Warfelton Crescent (PL12 4ND) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Saltash Essa average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 106.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warfelton Crescent (PL12 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plougastel Drive, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leanway (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plougastel Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plougastel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plougastel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plougastel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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