Crime Rates at Echo Crescent, Plymouth, PL5 3UQ

Echo Crescent area has the 28th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 227th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Echo Crescent (PL5 3UQ) in the last 12 months was 126.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% 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 14 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 ( 180.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Echo Crescent (PL5 3UQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kipling Gardens, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ramsey Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.