Total Crime Rate

69.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 69.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 50.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bickham Road area has the 63rd highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 396th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bickham Road (PL5 1SD) in the last 12 months was 69.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% lower than the Budshead average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bickham Road (PL5 1SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Evelyn Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodstock Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bickham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Westcroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bickham Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Westcroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Westcroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chard Road Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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