Total Crime Rate

164.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

103.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 164.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 103.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beacon Park Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 147th 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 Beacon Park Road (PL2 2PG) in the last 12 months was 164.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 103.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beacon Park Road (PL2 2PG), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Beacon Park Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greatlands Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yellowmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Allenby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Laurel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Allenby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allenby Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briardale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briardale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatlands Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatlands Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatlands Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laurel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yellowmead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Yellowmead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Yellowmead Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Yellowmead Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Halcyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Halcyon Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Halcyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greatlands Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosedown Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosedown Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Austin Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Austin Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Laurel Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laurel Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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