Total Crime Rate
186.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Citadel Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 126th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Citadel Road (PL1 2RN) in the last 12 months was 186.1 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (369.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Citadel Road (PL1 2RN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 376 crimes here, including 165 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Athenaeum Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Notte Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Windsor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windsor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derry'S Cross | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derry'S Cross | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Citadel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Citadel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Citadel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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