Total Crime Rate
53.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victory Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 358th lowest crime rate of 835 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 Victory Street (PL2 2DA) in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.7% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victory Street (PL2 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near Saltash Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Navy Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Navy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Navy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Navy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Saltash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ocean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Down Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Renown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Renown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Renown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnston Terrace Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnston Terrace Ope | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Admiralty Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Admiralty Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admiralty Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victory Street | — |
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