Total Crime Rate
270.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hastings Terrace area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 67th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hastings Terrace (PL1 5BD) in the last 12 months was 270.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.3% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 171.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hastings Terrace (PL1 5BD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 337 crimes here, including 140 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 | Cornwall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oxford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staddon Terrace Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Oxford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Market Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Flora Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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