←Back to overview
Crime · Polkyth
Reported crime in the parish of St Austell
2,636 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 103 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of St Austell, which includes Polkyth. There are no separate figures for Polkyth. What each figure covers
Total incidents
2,636
Rate / 1,000
103
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,150 | 44% |
| Anti social behaviour | 411 | 16% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 268 | 10% |
| Public order | 185 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 151 | 6% |
| Other theft | 145 | 6% |
| Other crime | 69 | 3% |
| Drugs | 66 | 3% |
| Burglary | 63 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 44 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 39 | 1% |
| Robbery | 23 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 19 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 78 | 110 | 92 | 95 | 73 | 74 | 100 | 96 | 102 | 89 | 148 | 93 | 1150 |
| Anti social behaviour | 37 | 48 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 32 | 31 | 49 | 47 | 411 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 9 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 268 |
| Public order | 8 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 185 |
| Shoplifting | 22 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 151 |
| Other theft | 8 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 145 |
| Other crime | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 69 |
| Drugs | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 66 |
| Burglary | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 63 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 44 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 39 |
| Robbery | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 179 | 261 | 251 | 185 | 174 | 182 | 223 | 222 | 218 | 218 | 292 | 231 | 2636 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Polkyth, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 25,482.