Total Crime Rate
376.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
263.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 39th 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 Beech Drive (PL31 1QA) in the last 12 months was 376.9 per 1,000 residents and was 162.9% higher 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 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft 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 121 (≈ 263.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Drive (PL31 1QA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 54 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 | Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westheath Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westheath Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westheath Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westheath Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
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