Crime Rates at Paradise Place, Plymouth, PL1 5QU

Paradise Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 39th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Paradise Place (PL1 5QU) in the last 12 months was 372.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 167.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paradise Place (PL1 5QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devonport Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.