Crime Rates at Smallack Drive, Plymouth, PL6 5EA

Smallack Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 68th 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 Smallack Drive (PL6 5EA) in the last 12 months was 264.2 per 1,000 residents and was 172.7% higher than the Budshead average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 142.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smallack Drive (PL6 5EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tailyour Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hunter Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.