Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hastings Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 279th 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 Hastings Street (PL1 5BA) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% 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 12 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hastings Street (PL1 5BA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 176 crimes here, including 71 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 | Burglary | North Road West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hetling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Approach | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prynne Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Place | Under investigation |
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