Total Crime Rate

69.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 69.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cotehele 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cotehele Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Embankment Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laira Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laira Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs River View Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Williams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Williams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cattedown Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cattedown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cattedown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embankment Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Goad Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wentworth Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wentworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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