Devonport
WardWest Plymouth. About 16,642 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Devonport live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Devonport compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Devonport safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Devonport at a rate of 177.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.8 per 1,000 people across Plymouth.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 312 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Devonport.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,174), other crime (462) and shoplifting (423).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Plymouth
These figures are published for the whole of Plymouth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Plymouth and not Devonport alone. See Plymouth
Devonport in brief
Devonport had 16,326 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Devonport live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Devonport, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Devonport, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.