Total Crime Rate
187.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craigie Drive area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Craigie Drive (PL1 3JL) in the last 12 months was 187.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craigie Drive (PL1 3JL), 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 | Union Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Cotts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
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