Total Crime Rate
192.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The 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.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street Ope | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hotham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hotham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hotham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mill Bridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoke Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wyndham Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wantage Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Place | Under investigation |
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