Total Crime Rate
178.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vauxhall Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vauxhall Street (PL4 0ET) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -34.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 99.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vauxhall Street (PL4 0ET), 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 | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Citadel Ope | 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 | Public order | St Andrew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Andrew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrew Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Quay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Breton Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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