Total Crime Rate

3336.7 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 3336.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1219.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 910.2 10/10
  • Public order 269.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 269.3 10/10
  • Other theft 169.6 10/10
  • Drugs 134.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 104.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 57.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 54.9 10/10
  • Robbery 39.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.4 10/10
  • Other crime 27.4 10/10
  • Burglary 24.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.4 10/10
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

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Andrew Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Basket Ope Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basket Ope Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palace Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Windsor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palace Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Royal Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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