Total Crime Rate
135.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orchard Villas area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Lynher , and the 234th 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 Orchard Villas (PL12 6PL) in the last 12 months was 135.0 per 1,000 residents and was 500.4% higher than the Lynher average (22.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 63.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 162.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orchard Villas (PL12 6PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairmead Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Saltash Trematon & Landrake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairmead Close | Under investigation |
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