Total Crime Rate

345.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 345.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 238.3 10/10
  • Public order 30.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Duffryn Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Plymouth , and the 11th highest crime rate of 189 local areas in Merthyr Tydfil .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Duffryn Road (CF48 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 345.6 per 1,000 residents and was 210.6% higher than the Plymouth average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -70.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 275.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Duffryn Road (CF48 4BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Greenfield Gardens. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Duffryn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hamilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Anthony Hill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Greenfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duffryn Fawr Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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