Total Crime Rate

9.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

6.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 9.5 1/10
  • Violent crimes 6.3 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mainstone Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 43rd lowest crime rate of 835 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 Mainstone Avenue (PL4 9NB) in the last 12 months was 9.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mainstone Avenue (PL4 9NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Williams Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mainstone Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Junction Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Embankment Road Lane South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cattedown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Collingwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mainstone Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grenville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Higher Stert Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tresillian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Williams Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harvey Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harvey Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Harvey Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gdynia Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River View Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Williams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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