Total Crime Rate
383.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Octagon Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 38th highest crime rate of 839 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 Octagon Street (PL1 1TU) in the last 12 months was 383.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (369.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (β 232.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Octagon Street (PL1 1TU), the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alice Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prynne Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alice Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alice Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
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