Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hornchurch Road area has the 72nd lowest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 398th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hornchurch Road (PL5 2TD) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hornchurch Road (PL5 2TD), the main crime hotspot is near North Weald Gardens. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Honicknowle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | North Weald Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornchurch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duxford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Weald Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exeter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidstone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exeter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidstone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Weald Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidstone Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chivenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maidstone Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornchurch Road | Under investigation |
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