Total Crime Rate
25.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Phoenix Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 156th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Phoenix Street (PL1 3DN) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 93.1% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (372.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Phoenix Street (PL1 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near George Place, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (101 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Octagon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
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