Crime Rates at Pottery Road, Plymouth, PL1 4FL

Pottery Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 255th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pottery Road (PL1 4FL) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Devonport average (154.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pottery Road (PL1 4FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlborough Row, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Washbourne Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.