Total Crime Rate
153.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Biddick Drive area has the 24th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 169th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Biddick Drive (PL2 2AU) in the last 12 months was 153.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Biddick Drive (PL2 2AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Biddick Drive, where police recorded 37 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 | Kempe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyatt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrator Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrator Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aubyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Austin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grassendale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Biddick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cookworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Foliot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henderson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vixen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vixen Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Briardale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briardale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Down Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Down Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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