Total Crime Rate
311.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cliff Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 835 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 Cliff Road (PL1 3DR) in the last 12 months was 311.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 144.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cliff Road (PL1 3DR), the main crime hotspot is near The Crescent. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyrood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyrood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St James' Place East | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eddystone Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soap Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigham Terrace Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leigham Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athenaeum Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyrood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grand Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Place West | Under investigation |
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