Crime Rates at Pottery Road, Plymouth, PL1 4PY

Pottery Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 207th highest crime rate of 835 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 Pottery Road (PL1 4PY) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pottery Road (PL1 4PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlborough Row, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarence Place (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.