Total Crime Rate
141.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pentamar Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 190th 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 Pentamar Street (PL2 1DB) in the last 12 months was 141.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1000.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentamar Street (PL2 1DB), 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.
View Crime In Devonport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Healy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Healy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Molyneaux Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herbert Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Healy Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fremantle Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fremantle Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fremantle Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portland Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundonald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Boscawen Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keat Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keat Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Garden Street | Under investigation |
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