Total Crime Rate
115.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Foster Drive area has the 19th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 305th 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 Foster Drive (PL31 1PS) in the last 12 months was 115.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 29.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Foster Drive (PL31 1PS), the main crime hotspot is near Whitestone Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 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 | Treningle View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treningle View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitestone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pethybridge Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinsman Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Treningle View | Under investigation |
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