Total Crime Rate
245.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Anstis Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 76th highest crime rate of 839 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 Anstis Street (PL1 5JT) in the last 12 months was 245.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 137.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Anstis Street (PL1 5JT), the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 115 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 | Union Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Francis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bath Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Place West | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neswick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haystone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haystone Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyndham Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Street | β |
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