Total Crime Rate

167.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 167.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.1 9/10
  • Other theft 31.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Other crime 12.6 10/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Drake , and the 145th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (PL4 8NZ) in the last 12 months was 167.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode PL4 8NZ, the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 217 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in PL4 8NZ area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plym Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gibbon Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seymour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camden Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Chedworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedford Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3238 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation

Data Sources

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