Total Crime Rate
423.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fore Street area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fore Street (PL31 2JB) in the last 12 months was 423.1 per 1,000 residents and was 195.1% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 209.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fore Street (PL31 2JB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harmer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kestenenn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Berrycoombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Arms Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Northey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ranelagh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ranelagh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crockwell Street | Under investigation |
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