Total Crime Rate

115.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.6 7/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tamar 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tamar Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Row Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Washbourne Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Centenary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keyham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marlborough Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marlborough Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Marlborough Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Marlborough Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clarence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Street
Sep 2025Drugs Ferry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leo Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Leo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Leo Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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