Total Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Honicknowle Lane area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 265th 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 Honicknowle Lane (PL5 3LA) in the last 12 months was 39.8 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honicknowle Lane (PL5 3LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dickiemoor Lane, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tyndale Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyndale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thackeray Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyndale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Romney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honicknowle Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farm Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farm Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tyndale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bede Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bede Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickiemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coverdale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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