Crime Rates at Wolseley Road, Plymouth, PL2 2DX

Wolseley Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 234th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wolseley Road (PL2 2DX) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wolseley Road (PL2 2DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Biddick Drive (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.