Total Crime Rate

124.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 124.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Southway Drive area has the 30th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 230th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Southway Drive (PL6 6QJ) in the last 12 months was 124.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 550.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southway Drive (PL6 6QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pendeen Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rockfield Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southway Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendeen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tresco Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stroma Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stroma Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tresco Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Inchkeith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inchkeith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pendeen Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pendeen Close —
Sep 2025Public order Goodwin Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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