Total Crime Rate

241.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 241.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Drugs 4.9 6/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Higher Bugle area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Lostwithiel & Lanreath , and the 81st 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 Higher Bugle (PL26 8GH) in the last 12 months was 241.4 per 1,000 residents and was 431.0% higher than the Lostwithiel & Lanreath average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 128.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Bugle (PL26 8GH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Netley Meadow, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goonbarrow Meadow (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Bugle area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Caudledown Mill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goonbarrow Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goonbarrow Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Goonbarrow Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carnsmerry Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netley Meadow Under investigation
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Data Sources

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