Total Crime Rate
340.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
172.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camden 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 Camden Street (PL4 8NR) 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 Camden Street (PL4 8NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitefriars Lane, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moon Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Friary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plym Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gasking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gasking Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gasking Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Opie Lane | 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 | Other crime | Woodside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
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