Total Crime Rate

99.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 99.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 70.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ladywell Avenue area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 291st highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ladywell Avenue (PL4 8DZ) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ladywell Avenue (PL4 8DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitefriars Lane, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moon Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ladywell Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/103)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Moon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Friary Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gasking Street Suspect charged as part of another case
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gasking Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gasking Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gasking Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gasking Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gasking Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ebrington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ebrington Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Friary Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deptford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Friary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bilbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bilbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bilbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Whitefriars Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seven Trees Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Opie Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Opie Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Opie Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deptford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Radnor Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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