Total Crime Rate
3336.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Royal Parade area has the highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Royal Parade (PL1 1DS) in the last 12 months was 3336.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2500.9% higher than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 489 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 9 cases , down -18.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 636 (β 1586.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Royal Parade (PL1 1DS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 779 crimes here, including 280 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peacock Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Peacock Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | How Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | How Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Looe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Royal Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Old Town Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Basket Ope | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoegate Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackfriars Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cornwall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Street | β |
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