Total Crime Rate
79.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 364th 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 High Street (PL1 3SN) in the last 12 months was 79.2 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (PL1 3SN), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary Street. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 51 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Slate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slate Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stonehouse Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durnford Street Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other theft | Edgecumbe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durnford Street Ope | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Halfpenny Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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