Total Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alvington 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.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goad Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harvey Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Collingwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tresillian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Goad Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goad Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harvey Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mainstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mainstone Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Julian Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gdynia Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Milton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cattedown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Embankment Road Lane South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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