Total Crime Rate

126.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Armchair Corner area has the 18th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard , and the 264th 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 Armchair Corner (PL31 2PY) in the last 12 months was 126.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% lower than the Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard average (140.2 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Armchair Corner (PL31 2PY), the main crime hotspot is near Higher Bore Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Armchair Corner area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillside Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dymond Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hillside Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Bore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Bore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Higher Bore Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardell Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cardell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cardell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cardell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cardell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dymond Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dymond Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Watery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dymond Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Armchair Corner Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dymond Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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