Total Crime Rate

101.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 1.4 1/10
  • Robbery 1.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Overdale Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Ham , and the 290th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Overdale Road (PL2 2JU) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% higher than the Ham average (85.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 50.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 160.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Overdale Road (PL2 2JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Biddick Drive, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Briardale Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Overdale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morwell Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Austin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briardale Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornworthy Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lark Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lark Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Virginia Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burrator Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burrator Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grassendale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Foliot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Myrtleville Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornworthy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briardale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Biddick Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornworthy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maryland Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodville Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vixen Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maryland Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookworthy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vixen Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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