Total Crime Rate
194.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bedford Park Villas area has the 30th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 115th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bedford Park Villas (PL4 8HL) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.4% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 126.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedford Park Villas (PL4 8HL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gordon Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherwell Arcade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Arcade | — |
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