Total Crime Rate
99.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ladywell Place area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 291st highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ladywell Place (PL4 8DY) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ladywell Place (PL4 8DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitefriars Lane, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moon Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Friary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Friary Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B3238 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | B3238 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B3238 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitefriars Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plym Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
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