Total Crime Rate
164.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eton Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 151st highest crime rate of 839 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 Eton Avenue (PL1 5DP) in the last 12 months was 164.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (369.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eton Avenue (PL1 5DP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 292 crimes here, including 114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cornwall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New George Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrose Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monroe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pennycomequick Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bayswater Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monroe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Archer Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Staddon Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Market Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Monroe Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
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