Total Crime Rate
154.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bodmin Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 160th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bodmin Road (PL5 4AS) in the last 12 months was 154.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bodmin Road (PL5 4AS), the main crime hotspot is near Ipswich Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumfries Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ipswich Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carlisle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothesay Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Constable Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constable Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rothesay Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ipswich Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumfries Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorchester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dumfries Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dumfries Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Huntingdon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodmin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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