Total Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cattedown Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 393rd lowest crime rate of 839 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 Cattedown Road (PL4 0AY) in the last 12 months was 61.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.9% lower than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cattedown Road (PL4 0AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mainstone Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cattedown Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattedown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattedown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cotehele Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Desborough Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clovelly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Home Sweet Home Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Julian Street | Under investigation |
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