Total Crime Rate
616.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
379.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tavistock Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 13th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tavistock Place (PL4 8AY) in the last 12 months was 616.9 per 1,000 residents and was 417.6% higher 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 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 379.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tavistock Place (PL4 8AY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 491 crimes here, including 142 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bilbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
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