Total Crime Rate
410.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Haystone Villas area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 34th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haystone Villas (PL1 5DX) in the last 12 months was 410.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% higher than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (369.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 191.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haystone Villas (PL1 5DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wyndham Mews, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Well Gardens (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Knollys Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Knollys Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ocean City Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prynne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Upper Knollys Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upper Knollys Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hastings Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Upper Knollys Terrace Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monroe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Monroe Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Public order | Whittington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whittington Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hastings Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Staddon Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anstis Street | Under investigation |
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