Total Crime Rate
720.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cobourg Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 11th 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 Cobourg Street (PL1 1SU) in the last 12 months was 720.3 per 1,000 residents and was 461.5% higher than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 459.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobourg Street (PL1 1SU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 581 crimes here, including 174 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 | Other theft | Mayflower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayflower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Restormel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plymouth Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mayflower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayflower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cornwall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Road East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Endsleigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Gloucester Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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