Total Crime Rate
1443.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
879.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southside Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 4th highest crime rate of 835 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 Southside Street (PL1 2LD) in the last 12 months was 1443.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1110.8% 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 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 139 (≈ 879.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southside Street (PL1 2LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moon Street, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quay Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| 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 | Blackfriars Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bilbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackfriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoe Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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