Total Crime Rate
383.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Union Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 38th highest crime rate of 839 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 Union Street (PL1 3NB) in the last 12 months was 383.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% 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 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 232.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Street (PL1 3NB), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| 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 | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Crescent | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neswick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Frederick Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neswick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neswick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neswick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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