Total Crime Rate
225.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ridgegrove Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Launceston South , and the 92nd 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 Ridgegrove Lane (PL15 8EF) in the last 12 months was 225.1 per 1,000 residents and was 162.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ridgegrove Lane (PL15 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Philip Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Launceston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newport Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Philip Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleaverfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleaverfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleaverfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleaverfield Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Causley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Causley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Thomas Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Priory Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Launceston | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newport Square | Under investigation |
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