Total Crime Rate
108.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parson Courtyard area has the 28th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 835 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 Parson Courtyard (PL2 2LU) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% higher than the Ham average (91.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parson Courtyard (PL2 2LU), the main crime hotspot is near Halcyon Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morwell Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burrator Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrator Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrator Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briardale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornworthy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halcyon Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharpitor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yellowmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yellowmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Yellowmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yellowmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halcyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halcyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Myrtleville | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Dene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtleville | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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