Total Crime Rate
3336.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Andrew Street area has the highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 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 St Andrew Street (PL1 2AH) in the last 12 months was 3336.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2500.9% 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 489 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 9 cases , down -18.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 636 (≈ 1586.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Andrew Street (PL1 2AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 422 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royal Parade (124 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Basket Ope | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Basket Ope | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Batter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Windsor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Royal Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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