Total Crime Rate
156.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hoegate 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.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stokes Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stokes Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stokes Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southside Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | White Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | White Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southside Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palace Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Zion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambhay Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Zion Street | Under investigation |
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