Total Crime Rate

333.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 333.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.3 8/10
  • Other theft 38.7 10/10
  • Public order 38.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.0 10/10
  • Burglary 24.2 10/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Broad Street area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Launceston South , and the 48th 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 Broad Street (PL15 8AE) in the last 12 months was 333.3 per 1,000 residents and was 288.0% higher than the Launceston South average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -65.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 140.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Street (PL15 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broad Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Thomas Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bounsall'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dockacre Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Madford Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dockey Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dockey Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dockey Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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