Total Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Guildford 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.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chedworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B3238 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sherwell Arcade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherwell Arcade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwell Arcade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moon Street | — |
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