Total Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Levan Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 211th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Levan Road (PL2 1JR) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Levan Road (PL2 1JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Leo Place, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boscawen Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemyell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Warleigh Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warleigh Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warleigh Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscawen Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boscawen Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotehele Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beatrice Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotehele Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cotehele Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camperdown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dockyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cross Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Leo Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Street | Under investigation |
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