Total Crime Rate

59.2 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 59.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • 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
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Langham Place area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 383rd lowest 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 Langham Place (PL4 9QH) in the last 12 months was 59.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Langham Place (PL4 9QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 103 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 Langham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Harvey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gdynia Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embankment Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Desborough Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Harvey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Harvey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cotehele Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Risdon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs River View Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Risdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Risdon Avenue
Sep 2025Drugs Williams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Williams Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mainstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mainstone Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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