Total Crime Rate

245.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 245.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.4 10/10
  • Public order 30.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Anstis 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Anstis Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Francis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Phoenix Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Phoenix Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Phoenix Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Public order Bath Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Place West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Place West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Place West β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Essex Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Essex Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haystone Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Haystone Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wyndham Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Street β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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