Total Crime Rate

73.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 73.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 43.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eddystone Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Penwithick & Boscoppa , and the 549th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eddystone Road (PL25 4JD) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eddystone Road (PL25 4JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Slades Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tremayne Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Eddystone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tremayne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Manor Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Sylvan Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Slades Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Robartes Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bay View Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Slades Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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