Total Crime Rate
253.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillside Park area has the 6th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 82nd 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 Hillside Park (PL31 2NB) in the last 12 months was 253.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% 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 Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 107.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Park (PL31 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cardell Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Higher Bore Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talvenydh Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dymond Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dymond Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monument Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monument Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | An Gof Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elizabeth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cardell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opies Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tanwood View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opies Lane | Under investigation |
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