Total Crime Rate
115.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 238th highest crime rate of 835 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 Regent Street (PL4 8BD) in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Street (PL4 8BD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 352 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Arcade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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