Crime Rates at Beech Road, St. Austell, PL25 4TS

Beech Road area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Penwithick & Boscoppa , and the 6th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beech Road (PL25 4TS) in the last 12 months was 968.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1291.8% higher than the Penwithick & Boscoppa average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 513.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Road (PL25 4TS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.