Total Crime Rate
353.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Radford Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 41st highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Radford Avenue (PL4 9PB) in the last 12 months was 353.2 per 1,000 residents and was 175.3% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 186.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 67.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Radford Avenue (PL4 9PB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Stenlake Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harvey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embankment Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cotehele Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gdynia Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Goad Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Other theft | Mainstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stenlake Place | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wentworth Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Junction Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cromartie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Risdon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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