Total Crime Rate
275.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
174.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Aubyn Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 66th highest crime rate of 835 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 St Aubyn Avenue (PL2 1LL) in the last 12 months was 275.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% higher 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 174.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Aubyn Avenue (PL2 1LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkside, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Road (21 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 | Royal Navy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lorrimore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Navy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Levan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cotehele Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotehele Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotehele Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maristow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorrimore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maristow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beatrice Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maristow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Down Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ronald Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Navy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Navy Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kempe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kempe Close | — |
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