Total Crime Rate

45.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.9 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 45.3 5/10
  • Violent crimes 20.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grenville Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 298th 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 Grenville Road (PL4 9QB) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grenville Road (PL4 9QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grenville Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/48)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Junction Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gdynia Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mainstone Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Harvey Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harvey Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harvey Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson South View Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order South View Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tresillian Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Goad Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Collingwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Carmarthen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Higher Stert Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Embankment Road Lane South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laira Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mainstone Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Eric Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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