Total Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wentwood Place area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Moor View , and the 78th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wentwood Place (PL6 8TF) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% lower than the Moor View average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wentwood Place (PL6 8TF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornbury Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rendlesham Gardens (5 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 | Long Down Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yardley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Road | Under investigation |
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