Total Crime Rate
137.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brownlow Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 195th highest crime rate of 835 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 Brownlow Street (PL1 3PU) in the last 12 months was 137.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% lower 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brownlow Street (PL1 3PU), 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 | Peel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pound Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durnford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrack Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durnford Street Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Battery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Place | — |
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