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Crime in PL25

How much crime is recorded in PL25, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Cornwall
Region
South West
Population
34,303 (2024)
Crime

How safe is PL25

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 32.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in PL25, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
32.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

PL25National
Violence and sexual offences28.823.6
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Criminal damage and arson6.64.7
Burglary5.29.1
Public order4.34.6
Shoplifting4.08.4
Other theft3.54.5
Drugs1.72.4
Other crime1.71.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Robbery1.11.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2024.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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