Total Crime Rate
118.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Butt Park Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 247th 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 Butt Park Road (PL5 3NR) in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% higher than the Budshead average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butt Park Road (PL5 3NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickiemoor Lane (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Budshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickiemoor Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickiemoor Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marldon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickiemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dickiemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marldon Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marldon Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrivale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Modbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickiemoor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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