Total Crime Rate

239.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 239.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Drugs 19.5 10/10
  • Other crime 19.5 10/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bretonside area has the 26th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 82nd 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 Bretonside (PL4 0AU) in the last 12 months was 239.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% higher than the Drake average (128.3 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 141.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bretonside (PL4 0AU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 317 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bretonside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ebrington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Wharf —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Wharf —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkers Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawkers Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friary Street —
Sep 2025Public order Friary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowbone Slip Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrowbone Slip Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Breton Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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