Crime Rates at Embankment Road, Plymouth, PL4 9JF

Embankment Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 196th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Embankment Road (PL4 9JF) in the last 12 months was 138.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.0% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Embankment Road (PL4 9JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Williams Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gdynia Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.