Crime Rate in Budshead, ward

Budshead has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Plymouth district and the 1870th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 127th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Budshead in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% lower than the Plymouth district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Budshead’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 597 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -41.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 684 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Budshead ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Glade Close, with 73 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Monmouth Gardens (41 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.