Total Crime Rate

123.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

De La Hay Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 233rd highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around De La Hay Avenue (PL3 4HT) in the last 12 months was 123.6 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (369.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around De La Hay Avenue (PL3 4HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maker View (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in De La Hay Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cuffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary De La Hay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haystone Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime St Barnabas Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Road —
Sep 2025Public order Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyndham Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whittington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittington Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ashley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cuffe Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Haystone Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maker View Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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