Total Crime Rate
172.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 136th 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 Oxford Street (PL1 5AH) in the last 12 months was 172.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 83.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (PL1 5AH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 718 crimes here, including 335 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 | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Market Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennycomequick Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holdsworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wake Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wake Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staddon Terrace Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staddon Terrace Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Staddon Terrace Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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