Total Crime Rate

268.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 268.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 141.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.4 9/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.8 10/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Bedford Park Villas area has the 21st highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 66th highest crime rate of 839 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 268.4 per 1,000 residents and was 109.2% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 182.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedford Park Villas (PL4 8HL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bedford Park Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill Park Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chedworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedford Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Allendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Blenheim Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napier Terrace
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abingdon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Arcade Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sherwell Arcade Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sherwell Arcade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Baring Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Baring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headland Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plym Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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