Total Crime Rate
314.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishops Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 839 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 Bishops Place (PL1 3BW) in the last 12 months was 314.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 151.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 115.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishops Place (PL1 3BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millbay Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walker Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walker Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prospect Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Central Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbay Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Place West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bath Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eddystone Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Eddystone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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