Total Crime Rate

376.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

263.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 376.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 263.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 230.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Drugs 13.1 9/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beech 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.

Crime Over Time in Beech Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Westheath Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westheath Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westheath Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westheath Avenue
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Lawrence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation

Data Sources

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