Total Crime Rate

53.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.4 5/10
  • Violent crimes 24.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Regent Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 361st lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Street (PL4 8AS) in the last 12 months was 53.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Street (PL4 8AS), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 199 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Regent Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/138)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sherwell Arcade —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitefriars Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitefriars Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitefriars Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkers Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawkers Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gasking Street Suspect charged as part of another case
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gasking Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitefriars Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Radnor Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gasking Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Whitefriars Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regent Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vauxhall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chedworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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