Total Crime Rate
121.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gover Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles , and the 275th 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 Gover Road (PL25 5ND) in the last 12 months was 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gover Road (PL25 5ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Hill, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Truro Road (19 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blowing House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Truro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Truro Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trelake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodmin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodmin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Truro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Truro Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | College Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pondhu Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trenance Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Grove | Under investigation |
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