Total Crime Rate

101.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Guildford Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 288th 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 Guildford Street (PL4 8DS) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% lower than the Drake average (128.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Guildford Street (PL4 8DS), 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 Guildford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedford Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Chedworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order B3238 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sherwell Arcade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sherwell Arcade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Arcade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moon Street

Data Sources

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