Total Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 25.8 3/10
  • Violent crimes 12.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Phoenix 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.

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Crime Over Time in Phoenix Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flora Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Octagon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Adelaide Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Adelaide Place
Apr 2026Shoplifting Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Millbay Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Soap Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alice Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson George Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson George Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alice Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Battery Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Battery Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Millbay Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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