Total Crime Rate
152.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cross Lane (PL31 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 58.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Lane (PL31 2EJ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southview Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Turf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Arms Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Helland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kew Klavji | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tower Hill Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Turf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Turf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turf Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crockwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turf Street | — |
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