Total Crime Rate
282.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
169.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 12th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 63rd 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 This (PL1 5EP) in the last 12 months was 282.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 169.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode PL1 5EP, the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 171 crimes here, including 101 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 | Arundel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wantage Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyndham Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arundel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Cotts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolsdon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsdon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldad Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Flora Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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