Total Crime Rate
335.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
205.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026King Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 45th 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 King Street (PL1 5JB) in the last 12 months was 335.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 205.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (PL1 5JB), 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 St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bath Place West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Cotts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Essex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsdon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolsdon Place | Under investigation |
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