Total Crime Rate
327.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Baring Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 48th 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 Baring Street (PL4 8NG) in the last 12 months was 327.9 per 1,000 residents and was 155.6% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 151.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.2% 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 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seven Trees Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hospital Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Camden Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Park Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Park Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plym Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Diamond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Diamond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Diamond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Diamond Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chedworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | May Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marina Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drake Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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