Total Crime Rate
338.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Henderson Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 46th highest crime rate of 839 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 Henderson Place (PL2 2AB) in the last 12 months was 338.0 per 1,000 residents and was 119.2% higher than the Devonport average (154.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Henderson Place (PL2 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Briardale Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Devonport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Melville Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briardale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Auckland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Auckland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kempe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Biddick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Melville Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Austin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henderson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Down Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Down Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allenby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briardale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Levan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Levan Road | Under investigation |
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