Total Crime Rate

159.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 159.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 55.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Gasking Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 156th highest crime rate of 839 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 Gasking Street (PL4 8DQ) in the last 12 months was 159.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 118.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gasking Street (PL4 8DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 217 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gasking Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/97)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Breton Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Breton Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B3238 —
Sep 2025Public order B3238 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3238 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tin Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawkers Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gasking Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gasking Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gasking Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breton Side Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampton Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camden Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

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