Total Crime Rate
70.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langley Crescent area has the 62nd highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 392nd highest crime rate of 835 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 Langley Crescent (PL6 6EW) in the last 12 months was 70.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langley Crescent (PL6 6EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fleetwood Gardens (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lizard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Clittaford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Clittaford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inchkeith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleetwood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fleetwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stroma Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lizard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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