Total Crime Rate
2438.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1060.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Looe Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Looe Street (PL4 0EB) in the last 12 months was 2438.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1945.8% 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 229 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 300 (≈ 1060.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Looe Street (PL4 0EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 292 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackfriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| 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 | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackfriars Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimple Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whimple Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southside Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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