Total Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dickiemoor Lane area has the 31st highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 218th highest crime rate of 835 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 Dickiemoor Lane (PL5 3NU) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% higher than the Budshead average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dickiemoor Lane (PL5 3NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickiemoor Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crownhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crownhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crownhill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickiemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honicknowle Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| 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 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shakespeare Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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