Padstow & St Merryn
Population: 6,533
Policed by: Devon & Cornwall Police
Neighbourhood Picture
The following table and graphs show you crime and ASB breakdowns and trends for Padstow & St Merryn.
| ASB | Burglary | Robbery | Vehicle | Violent | Shoplifting | CD&A | Other Theft | Drugs | Bike Theft | Theft From the Person | Weapons | Public Order | Other | Total | |
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| Feb 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Dec 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Sep 2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Aug 2022 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Jul 2022 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 37 |
| Jun 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| May 2022 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Apr 2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Mar 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| Feb 2022 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Jan 2022 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
Crime Plus ASB Breakdown for Padstow & St Merryn
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Crime Type and ASB Charts for Padstow & St Merryn
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In September 2011, Other Crime was divided into 6 categories - Drugs, Public Disorder & Weapons (which was later split further and so is not displayed here), Criminal Damage & Arson (CD&A), Theft - Shoplifting, Theft-Other and Other.
From May 2013, the following changes were made to the crime categories:
I) The violent crime category was renamed "violence and sexual offences"
2) A new category for "bicycle theft" was created which previously fell within "other theft"
3) A new category for "theft from the person" was created which previously fell within "other theft"
4) Public disorder and weapons were then split into two new categories; "public order" and "possession of weapons"
5) Both "other firearms offences" and "other knives offences" which were in "other crime" were moved into "possession of weapons".
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Padstow and the outlying villages make up one third of the policing area of Wadebridge covered by the Wadebridge Neighbourhood Team.
In 2001 the population of Padstow was given as just over 3,000 however this figure has increased over the last 10 years.
Padstow has one primary school in the area, however within the Neighbourhood policing area there are further primary schools at St.Merryn, St.Issey, and St.Eval.
Padstow and the areas around continue to grow mainly with the growth of residential properties.
Tourism is the main source of income for these areas with a large number of caravan and campsites. Steins remains one of the "high" profile employer's with a number of business's in the Padstow area.
The area, like Wadebridge, continues to be one of the safest places in Cornwall to live and work.Incidents of recorded crime continue to fall and there are few incidents of anti-social behaviour. However the perception and fear of crime remains unusually high.
Like Wadebridge, the Neighbourhood officers work closely with partners and partner agents and have an excellant working relationship with them especially Padstow Town Council.
The neighbourhood officers continue to engage with the public on community issues by way of the PACT process and together with partners ensure these areas continue to be as safe as they possibly can be.
Padstow Neighbourhood Officers working with the community and Town Council to erect a community notice board on the Town Council offices in Padstow.