Total Crime Rate
156.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vauxhall Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 839 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 156.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% higher than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% 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 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.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Looe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Citadel Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southside Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southside Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southside Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | How Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Basket Ope | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckwell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buckwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Batter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackfriars Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | How Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Town Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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