Total Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northey Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 768th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Northey Road (PL31 1JF) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% lower than the Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard average (143.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northey Road (PL31 1JF), the main crime hotspot is near Crockwell Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ranelagh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ranelagh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Northey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kestenenn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Arms Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crockwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crinnick'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crinnick'S Hill | Under investigation |
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