Total Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Frobisher Drive area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Saltash Essa , and the 161st lowest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frobisher Drive (PL12 4PN) in the last 12 months was 14.2 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower than the Saltash Essa average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frobisher Drive (PL12 4PN), 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 | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plougastel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plougastel Drive | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Babis Farm Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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