Total Crime Rate

125.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 8/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clowance Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 215th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clowance Street (PL1 4LQ) in the last 12 months was 125.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clowance Street (PL1 4LQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Clowance Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charles Darwin Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charles Darwin Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Charles Darwin Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charles Darwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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