Total Crime Rate

120.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Thames Gardens area has the 29th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 239th highest crime rate of 839 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 Thames Gardens (PL3 6HE) in the last 12 months was 120.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% higher than the Efford and Lipson average (110.8 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thames Gardens (PL3 6HE), the main crime hotspot is near Thames Gardens. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thames Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Plymview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darwin Crescent
Sep 2025Other crime Thames Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thames Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thames Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thames Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thames Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Manifold Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stour Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Military Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thames Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime California Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pike Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medway Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Axe Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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