Total Crime Rate

13.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 13.4 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.7 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Mary Dean Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 52nd lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mary Dean Close (PL5 4LP) in the last 12 months was 13.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.1% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mary Dean Close (PL5 4LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cunningham Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linton Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mary Dean Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linton Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harwood Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cunningham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitsoncross Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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