Total Crime Rate
167.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington Street area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 145th highest crime rate of 839 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 Wellington Street (PL4 8NB) in the last 12 months was 167.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Street (PL4 8NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherwell Arcade (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gasking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gibbon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gibbon Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gasking Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baring Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwell Arcade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherwell Arcade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sherwell Arcade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Park Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Park Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenbank Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Baring Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baring Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B3238 | — |
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