Total Crime Rate
115.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tamar Street 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 Tamar Street (PL1 4FN) 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 Tamar Street (PL1 4FN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlborough Row, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Leo Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Devonport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Washbourne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Centenary Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keyham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Marlborough Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Charlotte Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marlborough Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clarence Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leo Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Leo Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarence Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
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