Total Crime Rate
340.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
172.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baring Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 44th highest crime rate of 835 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 Baring Street (PL4 8NG) in the last 12 months was 340.2 per 1,000 residents and was 185.4% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 172.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baring Street (PL4 8NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Diamond Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenbank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monica Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chedworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Trees Court | Under investigation |
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