Total Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenbank Avenue area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 283rd highest crime rate of 835 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 9BT) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenbank Avenue (PL4 9BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitefriars Lane, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anson Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilary Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Limerick Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marvell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lipson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lipson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Egerton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watson Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holborn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilary Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitefriars Lane | — |
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