Total Crime Rate

156.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 156.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Peacock Lane area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 163rd 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 Peacock Lane (PL4 0DQ) in the last 12 months was 156.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% higher than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peacock Lane (PL4 0DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 274 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Peacock Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building 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 Old Town Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Town Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Town Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkers Avenue —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ebrington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckwell Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Wharf —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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