Total Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clittaford Road area has the 63rd lowest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 368th lowest 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 Clittaford Road (PL6 6HS) in the last 12 months was 54.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clittaford Road (PL6 6HS), the main crime hotspot is near Hendwell Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leatherby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tresco Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leatherby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leatherby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leatherby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresco Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresco Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresco Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stroma Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresco Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresco Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tresco Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leatherby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lundy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lundy Close | Under investigation |
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