Total Crime Rate
118.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Budshead Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 230th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Budshead Road (PL5 4DY) in the last 12 months was 118.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 61.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Budshead Road (PL5 4DY), the main crime hotspot is near Monmouth Gardens. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Budshead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carbis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Chad Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitleigh Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Budshead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carbis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carbis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carbis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carbis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chelmsford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thompson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Chad Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monmouth Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brentford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitleigh Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monmouth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Chad Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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