Total Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gannet Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles , and the 264th lowest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gannet Drive (PL25 3BD) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower than the St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles average (98.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gannet Drive (PL25 3BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Copse, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Parc (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Austell Bethel & Holmbush| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscarne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ranelagh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clearwater View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Parc | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Parc | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscarne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Copse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Copse | Under investigation |
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