Crime Rates at Desborough Road, Plymouth, PL4 9PL

Desborough Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 55th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Desborough Road (PL4 9PL) in the last 12 months was 297.1 per 1,000 residents and was 149.3% higher 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 115.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Desborough Road (PL4 9PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.