Total Crime Rate
147.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 176th 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 High Street (PL1 3SL) in the last 12 months was 147.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (372.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 79.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (PL1 3SL), 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 | St Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| 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 | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Halfpenny Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | β |
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