Total Crime Rate
85.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kidwelly Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Plympton Chaddlewood , and the 338th highest crime rate of 835 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 Kidwelly Close (PL7 2FL) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% higher than the Plympton Chaddlewood average (47.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kidwelly Close (PL7 2FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Latimer Close (6 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 | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bakers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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