Total Crime Rate
128.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colenso Place area has the 14th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles , and the 257th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colenso Place (PL25 4SP) in the last 12 months was 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 68.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colenso Place (PL25 4SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King'S Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Austell Central & Gover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trevear Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevear Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevear Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pennor Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bosinney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Lane | Under investigation |
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