Total Crime Rate

141.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 141.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Garden 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 Garden Street (PL2 1DD) 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 Garden Street (PL2 1DD), 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 Garden Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemyell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemyell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Leo Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keat Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Leo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Leo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leo Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keyham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Molyneaux Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keat Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Healy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Healy Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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