Total Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bay View Park area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Penwithick & Boscoppa , and the 581st 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 Bay View Park (PL25 3TR) in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.9% lower than the Penwithick & Boscoppa average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bay View Park (PL25 3TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Slades Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sylvan Close (8 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bay View Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sylvan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Slades Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Slades Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Phernyssick Road | Under investigation |
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