Plymouth City Centre vs Whitleigh

Plymouth City Centre has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 5,922 crimes in the last 12 months. Whitleigh has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) with 1,048 crimes. Both areas score equally on the safety index.

Plymouth City Centre shows a year-on-year crime trend of +16.6% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Whitleigh shows +16.2% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Plymouth City Centre, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (2,205 incidents). In Whitleigh, it is Violent Crime (549 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Plymouth City Centre recorded 1,125 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Whitleigh recorded 112. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Plymouth City Centre totalled 2,205 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 549 in Whitleigh. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Plymouth City Centre recorded 5,081 crimes (now 5,922, a change of +16.6%). Whitleigh recorded 902 crimes previously (now 1,048, +16.2%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Plymouth City Centre has a resolution rate of 17.8% and Whitleigh has 14.4%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Plymouth City Centre falls within the Devon & Cornwall Police boundary. Whitleigh is covered by Devon & Cornwall Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Plymouth City Centre and Whitleigh. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.