Total Crime Rate

340.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

172.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 340.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 172.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.8 10/10
  • Drugs 28.7 10/10
  • Other theft 28.7 10/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Baring 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.

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Crime Over Time in Baring Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Headland Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Opie Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Greenbank Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shaftesbury Cottages Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greenbank Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greenbank Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Opie Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Opie Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Monica Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Woodside Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chedworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hewers Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seven Trees Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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