Total Crime Rate
190.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Middleway area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Blazey , and the 124th 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 Middleway (PL24 2JL) in the last 12 months was 190.8 per 1,000 residents and was 141.2% higher than the St Blazey average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleway (PL24 2JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Polgrean Place (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Blazey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Roselyon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Andrew'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Treryn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Treryn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Treryn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Treryn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Middleway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Polgrean Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Polgrean Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Polgrean Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Polgrean Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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