Total Crime Rate

383.9 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 383.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 210.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Other theft 29.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.0 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 6/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Octagon 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Octagon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alice Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prynne Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alice Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Union Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Union Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alice Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Phoenix Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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