Total Crime Rate
236.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carlyon Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles , and the 93rd 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 Carlyon Road (PL25 4BX) in the last 12 months was 236.2 per 1,000 residents and was 139.7% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 129.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carlyon Road (PL25 4BX), the main crime hotspot is near King'S Avenue. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapmans Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lostwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trevail Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevail Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poltair Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poltair Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poltair Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevithick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevithick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lostwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Sidings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trevail Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Sidings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Sidings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Trevail Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Sidings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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