Total Crime Rate
98.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cann Gardens area has the 48th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 300th 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 Cann Gardens (PL6 6TJ) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1040.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cann Gardens (PL6 6TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Magnus Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cann Gardens (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agatha Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middlefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jeffery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cann Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magnus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magnus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Copleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Borrowdale Close | Under investigation |
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