Total Crime Rate
327.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Camden 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 Camden Street (PL4 8NR) 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 Camden Street (PL4 8NR), the main crime hotspot is near Whitefriars Lane. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Drake| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawkers Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plym Street | 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 | 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 | Hewers Row | 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 | Burglary | Gasking Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gasking Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gasking Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trafalgar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitefriars Lane | Under investigation |
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