Total Crime Rate

65.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 65.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 21.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.6 1/10
  • Other crime 0.6 1/10
  • Robbery 0.6 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gibbon Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 410th lowest crime rate of 839 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 Gibbon Street (PL4 8BZ) in the last 12 months was 65.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -26.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gibbon Street (PL4 8BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 310 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 Gibbon Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/133)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Town Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Town Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Town Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Town Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedford Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gasking Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gasking Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gasking Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gasking Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Breton Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Breton Side Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 133

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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