Total Crime Rate
515.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
248.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lambhay Hill area has the 10th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 25th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lambhay Hill (PL1 2NR) in the last 12 months was 515.2 per 1,000 residents and was 332.2% 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 248.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lambhay Hill (PL1 2NR), 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 | Vauxhall Quay | 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 | Public order | Quay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Citadel Road East | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackfriars Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackfriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madeira Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Under investigation |
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