Total Crime Rate

110.0 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 110.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sandy Hill area has the 11th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Penwithick & Boscoppa , and the 322nd 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 Sandy Hill (PL25 3FD) in the last 12 months was 110.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% higher than the Penwithick & Boscoppa average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 66.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandy Hill (PL25 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Copse, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ranelagh Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandy Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dobell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandy Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs The Copse Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clearwater View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs The Copse Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clearwater View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clearwater View
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tremayne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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