Total Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Egerton Crescent area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 243rd 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 Egerton Crescent (PL4 9DG) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Egerton Crescent (PL4 9DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 205 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 | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Desborough Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Watts' Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Desborough Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaddlewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
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