Total Crime Rate

106.6 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 106.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Kirkwall Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 276th 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 Kirkwall Road (PL5 3TL) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% higher than the Budshead average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 550.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirkwall Road (PL5 3TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kipling Gardens, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dingwall Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kirkwall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dingwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dingwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Selkirk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lodge Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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