Total Crime Rate
31.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plymouth Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Plympton St Mary , and the 205th lowest crime rate of 835 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 Plymouth Road (PL7 4NA) in the last 12 months was 31.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% lower than the Plympton St Mary average (38.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plymouth Road (PL7 4NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maidenwell Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reynolds Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookingfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linketty Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dingle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
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