Total Crime Rate

17.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 17.1 2/10
  • Violent crimes 12.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alvington Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 87th 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 Alvington Street (PL4 0QL) in the last 12 months was 17.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.7% lower than the Drake average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alvington Street (PL4 0QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Williams Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alvington Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laira Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Harvey Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River View Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Collingwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tresillian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harvey Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mainstone Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gdynia Way
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Milton Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Williams Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Williams Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cattedown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Embankment Road Lane South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Williams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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