Total Crime Rate
845.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
492.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarence Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 6th 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 Clarence Place (PL1 3JW) in the last 12 months was 845.9 per 1,000 residents and was 126.9% higher 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 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 162.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 131 (≈ 492.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 143.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Place (PL1 3JW), 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 Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Battery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Union Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
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