Crime Rates at Smallack Drive, Plymouth, PL6 5EA

Smallack Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 31st 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 Smallack Drive (PL6 5EA) in the last 12 months was 430.2 per 1,000 residents and was 328.2% higher than the Budshead average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 132.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 289.1% 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 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.