Total Crime Rate
93.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Greenbank Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 315th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenbank Avenue (PL4 8PX) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenbank Avenue (PL4 8PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitefriars Lane, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thornton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenbank Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaddlewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chaddlewood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaddlewood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lydia Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Emily Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marvell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | May Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drake Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Longfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emily Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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