Total Crime Rate
157.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 156th 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 Clifton Street (PL4 8JA) in the last 12 months was 157.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Street (PL4 8JA), 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 Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evelyn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moor View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Trees Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor View Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor View Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor View Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bedford Terrace | Under investigation |
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