Total Crime Rate
524.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
252.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castle Dyke Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 21st 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 Castle Dyke Lane (PL1 2LN) in the last 12 months was 524.5 per 1,000 residents and was 340.1% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 252.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castle Dyke Lane (PL1 2LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southside Street, where police recorded 61 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 St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Looe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southside Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimple Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimple Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kinterbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Citadel Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Andrew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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