Total Crime Rate
344.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
188.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poldhu Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Liskeard Central , and the 46th 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 Poldhu Road (PL14 3BX) in the last 12 months was 344.0 per 1,000 residents and was 143.9% higher than the Liskeard Central average (141.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 188.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poldhu Road (PL14 3BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jago Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lake Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boveway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poldhu Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poldhu Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dark Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dark Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poldhu Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miners Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dark Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dark Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Courtney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dungarth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Griffins | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Griffins | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buller Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Connoc Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengover Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dungarth Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengover Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boveway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golitha Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poldhu Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Griffins | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dungarth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rapson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Killigrew Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Killigrew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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