Total Crime Rate
687.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Exeter Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 12th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exeter Street (PL4 0HF) in the last 12 months was 687.9 per 1,000 residents and was 436.2% higher than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 114.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 218.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exeter Street (PL4 0HF), the main crime hotspot is near Whitefriars Lane. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawkers Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3238 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Holborn Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B3238 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B3238 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tothill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gasking Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gasking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Jude'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
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