Total Crime Rate
5.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Laira Bridge Road area has the lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 11th lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laira Bridge Road (PL4 9LL) in the last 12 months was 5.0 per 1,000 residents and was 96.1% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laira Bridge Road (PL4 9LL), 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.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Risdon Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stenlake Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Risdon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Risdon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Junction Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Laira Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laira Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stenlake Place | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cromartie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wentworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | River View | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lucas Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Goad Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Under investigation |
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