Total Crime Rate

156.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 156.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Hoegate Place area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 839 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 Hoegate Place (PL1 2JE) in the last 12 months was 156.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% higher than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hoegate Place (PL1 2JE), the main crime hotspot is near Old Town Street. Police recorded 225 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hoegate Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southside Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stokes Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stokes Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stokes Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southside Street
Sep 2025Drugs White Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery White Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Southside Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southside Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palace Street
Sep 2025Other theft Zion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoe Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambhay Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Zion Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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