Total Crime Rate
203.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woolster Court 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 Woolster Court (PL4 0EJ) 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 Woolster Court (PL4 0EJ), 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 | Hawkers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Andrew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Andrew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrew Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoe Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kinterbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinterbury Street | — |
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