Public access to policing data for England and Wales.
Crime in PL5 4
The PL5 4 postcode sector, in the PL (Plymouth) postcode area, with most records published by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 896 street-crime records for PL5 4 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 2.5% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 91.3 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 81.8 for Devon and Cornwall Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
896
Share of PL5
22.4%
Year-on-year
+2.5%
PL5 4 holds 22.4% of the 4,008 records assigned to PL5 in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
66
October 2025
63
November 2025
67
December 2025
76
January 2026
82
February 2026
57
March 2026
77
April 2026
75
May 2026
70
June 2026
89
July 2026
91
August 2026
83
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
PL5 4
91.3
Devon and Cornwall Police
81.8
896 records and 9,809 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Devon and Cornwall Police.
Category
PL5 4
PL5
Force
Violence and sexual offences
53.3%
50.9%
45.9%
Criminal damage and arson
11.6%
10.1%
9.2%
Public order
6.7%
6.5%
6.3%
Other theft
6.7%
5.6%
7.3%
Anti-social behaviour
5.9%
10.8%
11.9%
Vehicle crime
3.1%
3.3%
2.4%
Drugs
2.8%
2.0%
2.5%
Burglary
2.5%
2.1%
2.5%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for PL5 4 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
808
2022
906
2023
596
2024
899
2025
879
2026 (part year)
624
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Covers 100.0% of the 9,809 Census 2021 residents of PL5 4.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 60.9% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 0.0% in the least deprived 20%.
34%1
27%2
0%3
6%4
14%5
19%6
0%7
1%8
0%9
0%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas. Shares are rounded, so they may not total 100%.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
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