Total Crime Rate

167.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 167.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 72.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Other theft 22.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Briarwood area has the 7th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Liskeard Central , and the 162nd 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 Briarwood (PL14 3QQ) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% higher than the Liskeard Central average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 129.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briarwood (PL14 3QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dungarth Green, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Killigrew Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Briarwood area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dungarth Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dungarth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dungarth Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Park Fenton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dungarth Green Under investigation
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Data Sources

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