Total Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highclere Gardens area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 37th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highclere Gardens (PL6 7EA) in the last 12 months was 8.9 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highclere Gardens (PL6 7EA), the main crime hotspot is near Barbury Crescent. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Widewell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riflemans Walk | Under investigation |
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