Total Crime Rate

192.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 192.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Drugs 26.9 10/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Old Laundry area has the 19th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 120th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Old Laundry (PL1 3NL) in the last 12 months was 192.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.9% lower 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 82.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Old Laundry (PL1 3NL), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary Street. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Old Laundry area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Street Ope Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stoke Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyndham Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndham Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wantage Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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