Total Crime Rate
897.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Battery Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 6th 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 Battery Street (PL1 3JQ) in the last 12 months was 897.4 per 1,000 residents and was 143.2% higher 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 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 152 (≈ 400.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Battery Street (PL1 3JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoke Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wantage Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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