Where to stay in Plymouth

Every area rated for day and night, with the reasoning and the sources behind each rating.

🟢 Official crime data · Devon & Cornwall Police, data.police.uk Day and night here are split by offence type, not by clock time: the police feed records no time of day, so “by day” weights shoplifting, theft and burglary and “at night” weights violence, robbery and anti-social behaviour. An area with a busy high street and quiet evenings can therefore read worse by day, and that is the offence mix, not a count of incidents seen at each hour. Each area page shows the figures behind both. Methodology →

For a short stay in Plymouth: St Peter and the Waterfront and Peverell. One area for each kind of trip, each shown with its own day and night rating — including where that rating says be careful. None of them is here because someone paid for it.

For a first visit St Peter and the Waterfront

Higher caution advisedday Higher caution advisednight

3 of the city's main sights are close enough to walk between. Still a practical base for a first visit: the rating is driven by shoplifting during the day and violence after dark, counted as a rate against the 17,744 people registered as living here rather than the far larger number who pass through. Take extra care, particularly after dark — that is what the rating is for, not a reason to stay out of the area. Find a place in St Peter and the Waterfront →

With family · Best rated overall Peverell

Relatively saferday Relatively safernight

1 park within reach, and nothing here turns into a nightlife strip after dark. Find a place in Peverell →

Compare all 20 wards

Ordered by how much each area differs from the rest of the city, not by rating — the unusual ones first. Click a column to sort it your way.

Area	Day	Night	Sights	Book
St Peter and the Waterfront	Higher caution advised	Higher caution advised	4	Book →
Devonport	Higher caution advised	Higher caution advised		Book →
Sutton and Mount Gould	Higher caution advised	Average	1	Book →
Drake	Higher caution advised	Average		Book →
Efford and Lipson	Average	Average		Book →
Honicknowle	Average	Average		Book →
Stoke	Average	Average		Book →
Moor View	Average	Relatively safer		Book →
Budshead	Relatively safer	Average		Book →
Compton	Relatively safer	Average		Book →
Ham	Relatively safer	Average		Book →
St Budeaux	Relatively safer	Average		Book →
Peverell	Relatively safer	Relatively safer	1	Book →
Eggbuckland	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →
Plympton Chaddlewood	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →
Plympton Erle	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →
Plympton St Mary	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →
Plymstock Dunstone	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →
Plymstock Radford	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →
Southway	Relatively safer	Relatively safer		Book →