Total Crime Rate

31.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.1 5/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cattedown Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 200th 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 0PH) in the last 12 months was 31.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cattedown Road (PL4 0PH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cattedown Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cotehele Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cattedown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embankment Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Embankment Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laira Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clovelly Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cattedown Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Macadam Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laira Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Home Sweet Home Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Home Sweet Home Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cattedown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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