Total Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barn Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 885th lowest 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 Barn Lane (PL31 1LW) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barn Lane (PL31 1LW), the main crime hotspot is near Higher Bore Street. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opies Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monument Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Marys Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosevallon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosevallon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monument Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marys Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tanwood View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | An Gof Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosevallon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Under investigation |
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