Total Crime Rate

118.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.2 10/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Exmouth Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 245th highest crime rate of 839 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 Exmouth Road (PL1 4QJ) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Devonport average (154.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Exmouth Road (PL1 4QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Place (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Exmouth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Molyneaux Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Healy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benbow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Keyes Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Albemarle Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Healy Place β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Suspect charged as part of another case
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Healy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Victoria Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stopford Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napier Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Other theft St Nazaire Approach Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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