Total Crime Rate

720.3 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 720.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 383.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.1 10/10
  • Public order 65.1 10/10
  • Other theft 46.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.5 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Sherwell Arcade area has the 5th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 11th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sherwell Arcade (PL4 8LH) in the last 12 months was 720.3 per 1,000 residents and was 461.5% 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 459.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherwell Arcade (PL4 8LH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 279 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sherwell Arcade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chedworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampton Street
Sep 2025Drugs Gibbon Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gibbon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order North Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Allendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Endsleigh Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons North Hill Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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