Contact Details

• telephone: 101
• email: [email protected]

Neighbourhood Priorities

Drug use and supply

We aim to gather and act on intelligence received in all areas of the Policing sector surrounding drug use and supply. 

This involves executing Misuse of Drugs Act warrants, disruption work and also liaising with partner agencies in order to combat local drug dealing as well as County Lines. 

Often, drug use comes with additional Safeguarding concerns both for the drug user and any immediate family they may have. This is especially true in County Lines cases where young and vulnerable people are often exploited. 

St Austell Neighbourhood team is committed to tackling this issue and ensuring vulnerable people are Safeguarded and that the offenders are brought to justice. 

Issue Date Thursday 2nd May 2024

Update: 05 June 2024 - June 2024

St Austell Police are still working hard in this area but we need your help. Without information from yourselves within the community we are not able to take action with persons suspected of dealing drugs. We need the information you hold in order to apply to the courts for Search Warrants. The threshold of information we need to do this is high, so please if you have any information about possible drug dealing tell us. You can tell any Police Officer you see, contact us via our website, pop into the Station or report it via Crime Stoppers. 

At this time we do have warrants planned on addresses suspected to be linked to drug dealing. We will share updates and information about any results when we can. 

Thank you for your support in advance. 

Update: 02 May 2024 - May 2024

Officer from St Austell are continuing to work hard in addressing the drug issue in our area. We can only do this with your help and support and would encourage you to come forward with any information if you have it. You can report this information via our website or by calling crime stoppers. 

Recently we have conducted a number of drugs warrants in our area and have also been successful in applying for court orders to close addresses connected to drugs and ASB use. 

Action Date Wednesday 5th June 2024

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Anti-Social Behaviour

St Austell Neighbourhood team are committed to tackling Anti Social Behaviour by working with partner agencies such as housing providers, Cornwall Council, Youth groups, support agencies and many others.

Officers will aim to engage with communities and affected parties to seek a suitable resolution to any identified ASB issue. 

Positive action will be taken where necessary and offenders will be escalated up the ASB process in accordance with the Cornwall Council ASB protocol. 

Issue Date Thursday 11th April 2024

Update: 05 June 2024 - June 2024

Officers from St Austell have been continuing to conduct high-visibility patrols in areas where ASB has been reported. We are engaging with the persons concerned and are offering education as well as taking more formal action when needed. 

Two persons who were linked to ASB reports in St Austell town have been arrested and remanded, applications are being made to the courts to consider Criminal Behaviour Orders upon conviction for these persons. 

We are currently planning for our Summer Policing and have arranged for a number of high visibility foot patrols to take place on key dates and times. This is in areas ASB may occur in order to prevent and detect crime. 

We are also pleased to announce funding has been secured by the Police Service to pay for youth outreach work in areas with reports of youth ASB. The aim is that this will prevent further reports by them engaging with them.

Update: 02 May 2024 - May 2024

Officers from St Austell have been assisting the Community with a rise in ASB reports for the St Austell town and surrounding area. 

We have arrested and charged a man in connection to a number of these reports which took place between 21st April and 1st May. He was remanded in custody and is awaiting to appear before the courts. 

We have also assisted with a rise in youth related ASB reports for the St Dennis area. Officers are conducting high via patrols in the area and engaging with the young people and their parents. We are also speaking with our partners about conducting out reach work with the youths in this area. 

Action Date Wednesday 5th June 2024

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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

St Austell Police are committed to playing our part in improving how Devon and Cornwall Police protect the public from harm, especially by combatting the violence women and girls suffer. 

We will aim to achieve this by contributing to the overall aims set out by the National Police Chiefs' Council as below:

- Improved quality of VAWG investigations: enhance professionalisation of public protection
capability and a focus on staff and officer wellbeing

- Relentless pursuit of perpetrators: improved identification of repeat, high harm and predatory
VAWG offenders

- Improving the digital forensic response to tackle gaps in capability and capacity to process
digital evidence and respond to tech enabled VAWG

- Further partnership working on VAWG with a focus on prevention

- A keen focus on fulfilling data and intelligence gaps to inform the threat picture of VAWG

Issue Date Thursday 11th April 2024

Update: 05 June 2024 - June 2024

The Devon and Cornwall Police Service are continuing to work with our partners to detect and prevent offences against Woman and Girls. High-visibility patrols are being conducted on key days and times to safeguard woman who may be targeted during night time economy hours. 

More of these patrols will take place during the lighter evenings during the summer.

 

Update: 02 May 2024 - May 2024

Working with our partners we are continuing to prevent, raise awareness and safeguard survivors of violence against woman and girls offences. We have been conducting high visibility patrols during the evenings and during during night time economy to prevent offences. We are currently creating our Summer Policing plan and within this ensuring that patrols are planned in order to continue the disruption work.  

Action Date Wednesday 5th June 2024

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Neighbourhood Events

Cornwall South (Kemeneth Kernow Soth) Community Area Partnership Meeting 24th July 2024
Wednesday 24th July 2024
from 6:00PM to 6:02PM

Blue Lights event Alma Square St Austell 15th August 2024
Saturday 24th August 2024 to Wednesday 23rd October 2024
from 6:00PM to 6:02PM

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting 23rd September 2024
Monday 23rd September 2024
at 7:00PM

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting 23rd September 2024
Monday 23rd September 2024 to Wednesday 23rd October 2024
at 7:00PM

Cornwall South (Kemeneth Kernow Soth) Community Area Partnership Meeting – 23rd October 2024
Wednesday 23rd October 2024
from 6:00PM to 6:02PM

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting 2nd December 2024
Monday 2nd December 2024
at 7:00PM

 

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting on 2 December 2024
• Monday 24 February 2025
• Monday 28 April 2025
• Monday 23 June 2025

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting 2nd December 2024
Monday 2nd December 2024 to Wednesday 22nd January 2025
at 7:00PM

 

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting on 2 December 2024
• Monday 24 February 2025
• Monday 28 April 2025
• Monday 23 June 2025

Cornwall South (Kemeneth Kernow Soth) Community Area Partnership Meeting – 22 January 2025
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
from 6:00PM to 6:02PM

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting 24th February 2025
Monday 24th February 2025
at 7:00PM

China Clay Area & Luxulyan Community Area Partnership Meeting 24th February 2025
• Monday 28 April 2025
• Monday 23 June 2025