Total Crime Rate
345.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Keppel Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 44th highest crime rate of 839 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 Keppel Place (PL2 1AX) in the last 12 months was 345.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.7% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keppel Place (PL2 1AX), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Place. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Devonport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Packington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Craigmore Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pasley Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portland Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Levan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Levan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stopford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Napier Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Northesk Street | Under investigation |
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