Total Crime Rate
96.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodland Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles , and the 389th 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 Woodland Road (PL25 4QY) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower than the St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles average (102.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodland Road (PL25 4QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 42 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.
View Crime In St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Sidings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Woods | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Sidings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Dobell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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