Total Crime Rate
3761.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1651.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Street area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the highest crime rate of 835 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 Cornwall Street (PL1 1LR) in the last 12 months was 3761.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3056.0% higher than the Drake average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 190 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 256 (≈ 1651.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwall Street (PL1 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 827 crimes here, including 363 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Market Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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