Total Crime Rate
72.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Admiralty Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 389th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Admiralty Street (PL1 3RY) in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Admiralty Street (PL1 3RY), the main crime hotspot is near Durnford Street. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slate Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrack Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durnford Street Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durnford Street Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strand Street | Under investigation |
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