Total Crime Rate
389.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
178.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 7th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 35th highest crime rate of 835 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 This (PL1 4HT) in the last 12 months was 389.5 per 1,000 residents and was 136.7% higher than the Devonport average (164.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 178.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode PL1 4HT, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Darwin Road, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clowance Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Devonport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maritime Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mount Wise Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrison Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beagle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Darwin Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Charles Darwin Road | Under investigation |
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