Total Crime Rate

107.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Other theft 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandy Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Padstow , and the 344th 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 Sandy Lane (PL28 8SD) in the last 12 months was 107.4 per 1,000 residents and was 163.9% higher than the Padstow average (40.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandy Lane (PL28 8SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandy Lane, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Polmark Drive (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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