Total Crime Rate
297.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Limerick Place 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 Limerick Place (PL4 9QL) 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 Limerick Place (PL4 9QL), 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.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anson Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eric Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maybank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St John'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Jude'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eric Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstan'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watson Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grenville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilary Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilary Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eric Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tothill Road | — |
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