Total Crime Rate
496.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Channon Road area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lynher , and the 19th 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 Channon Road (PL12 6NZ) in the last 12 months was 496.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1891.4% higher than the Lynher average (24.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (β 170.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Channon Road (PL12 6NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lynher| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Service Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Plough Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilston Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilston Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilston Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gilston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gilston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Service Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saltash Service Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Saltash Service Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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