Total Crime Rate

93.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · 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 93.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Edgcumbe Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 314th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edgcumbe Avenue (PL1 5ND) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edgcumbe Avenue (PL1 5ND), the main crime hotspot is near St Mary Street. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Edgcumbe Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Valletort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sylvan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Fellows Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutger Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rutger Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Mary Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Mary Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft St Mary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylvan Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Mary Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Valletort Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Valletort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Valletort Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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