Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 30.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Other theft 19.6 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Outer Slip Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Launceston South , and the 290th 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 Outer Slip Drive (PL15 9GJ) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher than the Launceston South average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Outer Slip Drive (PL15 9GJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kit Hill View (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Outer Slip Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kit Hill View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kit Hill View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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