Total Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Charles Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles , and the 295th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Charles Road (PL25 3LB) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Charles Road (PL25 3LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Parc, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ranelagh Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last 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 | Boscarne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscarne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Parc | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Parc | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ranelagh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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