Total Crime Rate
203.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Batter Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 105th 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 Batter Street (PL4 0EF) in the last 12 months was 203.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 5.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% 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 290 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 | Lower Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Breton Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Town Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
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