Total Crime Rate

720.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 720.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 383.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.1 10/10
  • Public order 65.1 10/10
  • Other theft 46.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.5 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cobourg 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cobourg Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mayflower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayflower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Restormel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derry Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plymouth Coach Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayflower Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayflower Street
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Mayflower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayflower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cornwall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Road East
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road East Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Endsleigh Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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