Total Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Armchair Corner area has the 21st highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 356th 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 Armchair Corner (PL31 2PY) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 66.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Armchair Corner (PL31 2PY), 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 | Hillside Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Bore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Burglary | Cardell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tanwood View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dymond Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dymond Court | Under investigation |
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