Total Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cotehele Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 416th highest 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 Cotehele Avenue (PL4 9NQ) in the last 12 months was 69.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotehele Avenue (PL4 9NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Embankment Road Lane South | 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | River View | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Desborough Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cattedown Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattedown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cattedown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Goad Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wentworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Under investigation |
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