Total Crime Rate

103.3 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 103.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kings Tamerton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Honicknowle , and the 286th 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 Kings Tamerton Road (PL5 2BT) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% lower than the Honicknowle average (116.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Tamerton Road (PL5 2BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King'S Tamerton Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trevithick Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Tamerton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flamsteed Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Tamerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flamsteed Crescent
Sep 2025Burglary Newton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byard Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flamsteed Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marett Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byard Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arkwright Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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