Total Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Levan Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 839 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 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Levan Road (PL2 1JR), the main crime hotspot is near St Leo Place. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 27 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 | Keat Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cross Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mawes Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mawes Terrace | Under investigation |
| 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 | Fairfax Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beatrice Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Garden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Charlotte Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cross Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leo Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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