Total Crime Rate
135.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Briardale Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Ham , and the 205th 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 Briardale Road (PL2 2LE) in the last 12 months was 135.6 per 1,000 residents and was 58.2% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 93.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briardale Road (PL2 2LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 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.
View Crime In Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Down Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Biddick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vixen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vixen Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Auckland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henderson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clyde Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allenby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Myrtleville | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cookworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Auckland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Foliot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kempe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briardale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrator Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrator Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Austin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lark Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lark Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Down Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morwell Gardens | — |
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