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

Barbican Court 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 Barbican Court (PL4 0EL) 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 Barbican Court (PL4 0EL), 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 Barbican Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Wharf —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery White Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs White Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackfriars Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Wharf —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stokes Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Breton Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stokes Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Breton Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Buckwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Stokes Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hoegate Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkers Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoegate Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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