Total Crime Rate
1060.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
452.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Slate Lane area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 5th highest crime rate of 835 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 Slate Lane (PL1 3PB) in the last 12 months was 1060.5 per 1,000 residents and was 184.5% 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 142 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 172 (≈ 452.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slate Lane (PL1 3PB), the main crime hotspot is near George Place. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pound Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durnford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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