Total Crime Rate
203.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Parade area has the 27th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 105th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Parade (PL1 2JL) in the last 12 months was 203.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 5.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Parade (PL1 2JL), the main crime hotspot is near Old Town Street. Police recorded 286 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bilbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Breton Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kinterbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Citadel Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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