Total Crime Rate
397.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beagle Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 35th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
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 Beagle Road (PL1 4GS) in the last 12 months was 397.4 per 1,000 residents and was 157.7% higher than the Devonport average (154.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (β 194.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beagle Road (PL1 4GS), the main crime hotspot is near Clowance Street. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Devonport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clowance Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clowance Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mills Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maritime Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brickfields Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Damerel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clowance Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clowance Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clowance Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Ope | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Ope | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Damerel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Madden Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charles Darwin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Damerel Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Raglan Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raglan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raglan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raglan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Darwin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Charles Darwin Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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