Total Crime Rate
567.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
361.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vauxhall Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 15th 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 Vauxhall Street (PL4 0DE) in the last 12 months was 567.2 per 1,000 residents and was 375.9% 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 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 361.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vauxhall Street (PL4 0DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 345 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Town Street (119 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Friary Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gasking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Citadel Ope | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimple Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimple Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gasking Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gasking Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Andrew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | How Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | How Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | How Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | How Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kinterbury Street | Under investigation |
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