Total Crime Rate

259.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 259.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.6 10/10
  • Other theft 24.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.7 7/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Limerick Place area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 839 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 Limerick Place (PL4 9QJ) in the last 12 months was 259.1 per 1,000 residents and was 101.9% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Limerick Place (PL4 9QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Limerick Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tothill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Jude'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Jude'S Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embankment Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alma Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cotehele Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tothill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watson Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laira Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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