Total Crime Rate

209.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

122.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 209.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 122.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 61 local areas in Drake , and the 99th highest crime rate of 835 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 209.8 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% higher than the Drake average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 122.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bretonside (PL4 0AU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bretonside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/149)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ebrington Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moon Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences How Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences How Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences How Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences How Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime How Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Moon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Southside Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkers Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawkers Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Camden Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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