Total Crime Rate
178.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckwell Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckwell Street (PL1 2DA) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% higher than the Drake average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -34.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 99.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckwell Street (PL1 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 290 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Town Street (119 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Moon Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Street Ope | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princess Street Ope | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princess Street Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princess Street Ope | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princess Street Ope | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bilbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
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