Total Crime Rate
169.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Street Flats area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 140th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cornwall Street Flats (PL1 4NY) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 82.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwall Street Flats (PL1 4NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlborough Row, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (21 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 | Granby Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cornwall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granby Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aubyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granby Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen Street | Under investigation |
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