Total Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 53.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Potters Way area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Plympton Erle , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Potters Way (PL7 1QP) in the last 12 months was 53.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Plympton Erle average (48.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potters Way (PL7 1QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B3416, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maidenwell Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Potters Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Auctioneers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Vicarage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B3416 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B3416 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kennel Hill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kennel Hill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Longbrook Barton Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maidenwell Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennel Hill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maidenwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kennel Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Auctioneers Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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