Total Crime Rate
128.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Court Gardens 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 Court Gardens (PL25 5BL) 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 Court Gardens (PL25 5BL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Austell Central & Gover| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B3273 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B3273 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B3273 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B3273 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grant'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bosinney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grant'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevanion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
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