Total Crime Rate

242.0 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 242.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Drugs 25.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Batter Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 79th highest crime rate of 839 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 Batter Street (PL4 0EF) in the last 12 months was 242.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Batter Street (PL4 0EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 266 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Town Street (94 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Batter Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackfriars Lane
Sep 2025Public order Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Town Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Town Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Buckwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckwell Street

Data Sources

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