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 1NF) 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 1NF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 909 crimes here, including 388 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Plymouth Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hastings Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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