Total Crime Rate
7.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rothbury Gardens area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Moor View , and the 32nd 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 Rothbury Gardens (PL6 8TU) in the last 12 months was 7.9 per 1,000 residents and was 91.0% lower than the Moor View average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rothbury Gardens (PL6 8TU), 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 | Patterdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yardley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Road | — |
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