Total Crime Rate
280.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eastbury Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Honicknowle , and the 58th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastbury Avenue (PL5 2NB) in the last 12 months was 280.4 per 1,000 residents and was 141.6% higher than the Honicknowle average (116.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 124.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastbury Avenue (PL5 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tamar Way, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duncombe Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Honicknowle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belstone Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coombe Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coombe Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Duncombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Duncombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wollaton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tamar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tamar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tamar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tamar Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wollaton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chatsworth Gardens | Under investigation |
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