Total Crime Rate
394.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ebrington Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Drake , and the 34th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ebrington Street (PL4 9AF) in the last 12 months was 394.4 per 1,000 residents and was 230.9% higher than the Drake average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 136.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ebrington Street (PL4 9AF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 352 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Arcade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vauxhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chedworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherwell Arcade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Arcade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Arcade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Moon Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Moon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebrington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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