Total Crime Rate
464.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
334.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Monmouth Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 30th highest crime rate of 835 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 Monmouth Gardens (PL5 4DB) in the last 12 months was 464.0 per 1,000 residents and was 361.9% 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 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 334.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monmouth Gardens (PL5 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monmouth Gardens (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carbis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carbis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carbis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thompson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carbis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Chad Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Chad Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brentford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carbis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newcastle Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chelmsford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Budshead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
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