Total Crime Rate
127.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exeter Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 211th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exeter Street (PL4 0AP) in the last 12 months was 127.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the Drake average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exeter Street (PL4 0AP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 352 crimes here, including 96 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Quay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Wharf | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bilbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | How Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Looe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | How Street | Under investigation |
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