Crime Statistics for Saltash, Wearde Quay, Cornwall, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Saltash in August 2024. There were a total of 61 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Saltash, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	32
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	3
Shoplifting	2
Drugs	2
Other Theft	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	61

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Saltash. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Saltash

We've taken the ten nearest places to Saltash and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Saltash has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Barne Barton (1.35 miles)	127
South Pill (0.62 miles)	90
Burraton (0.88 miles)	72
Saltash	61
Wearde	61
Carkeel (1.39 miles)	55
Burraton Coombe (0.62 miles)	37
Forder (0.62 miles)	32
Latchbrook (1.39 miles)	22
Antony Passage (0.88 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Saltash?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Saltash and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Barne Barton	83
South Pill	40
Burraton	32
Saltash	32
Wearde	32
Carkeel	24
Forder	16
Burraton Coombe	15
Latchbrook	12
Antony Passage	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Saltash?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Saltash to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Saltash compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Saltash and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Saltash is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Honicknowle	73
2	Devonport	69
3	St Budeaux	67
4	Ham	61
5	Torpoint East	44
6	Saltash East	39
7	Saltash South	31
8	Peverell	30
9	Saltash North	26
10	Saltash West	13
11	Torpoint West	4

Which road in Saltash has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Saltash with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.