Total Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.0 5/10
  • Shoplifting 12.0 6/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 55th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 366th 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 6QW) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southway Drive (PL6 6QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dennis Camp Road, where police recorded 31 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.

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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 Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cromer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehaven Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bardsey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pendeen Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pendeen Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendeen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Langley Crescent Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Goodwin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromer Close —
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Data Sources

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