Total Crime Rate
270.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Morley Court area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 67th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Morley Court (PL1 1SH) in the last 12 months was 270.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (372.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 171.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morley Court (PL1 1SH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 735 crimes here, including 336 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 | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Plymouth Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Under investigation |
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