Total Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 25th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 165th 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 This (PL2 1NT) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -3.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode PL2 1NT, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkside, where police recorded 37 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 | Maristow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maristow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotehele Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warleigh Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Warleigh Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maristow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotehele Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Warleigh Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ryder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ryder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Benbow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cotehele Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cross Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Levan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beatrice Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscawen Place | Under investigation |
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