Public access to policing data for England and Wales.
Crime in PL8 2
The PL8 2 postcode sector, in the PL (Plymouth) postcode area, with most records published by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 131 street-crime records for PL8 2 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 18.0% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 32.7 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
131
Share of PL8
73.6%
Year-on-year
+18.0%
PL8 2 holds 73.6% of the 178 records assigned to PL8 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
8
October 2025
9
November 2025
12
December 2025
13
January 2026
5
February 2026
10
March 2026
12
April 2026
8
May 2026
14
June 2026
17
July 2026
16
August 2026
7
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.
PL8 2
32.7
Devon and Cornwall Police
81.8
131 records and 4,009 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
PL8 2
PL8
Force
Violence and sexual offences
49.6%
51.1%
45.9%
Other theft
11.5%
12.4%
7.3%
Criminal damage and arson
9.9%
8.4%
9.2%
Anti-social behaviour
7.6%
7.3%
11.9%
Public order
6.9%
6.7%
6.3%
Shoplifting
4.6%
3.4%
7.0%
Burglary
3.8%
5.1%
2.5%
Possession of weapons
3.1%
2.2%
1.2%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for PL8 2 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
108
2022
102
2023
57
2024
91
2025
129
2026 (part year)
89
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 4,009 Census 2021 residents of PL8 2.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 0.0% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 0.0% in the least deprived 20%.
0%1
0%2
0%3
0%4
1%5
36%6
59%7
4%8
0%9
0%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas.
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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