Total Crime Rate

100.6 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 100.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Orchard Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Ham , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 839 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 Orchard Road (PL2 2QX) in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 67.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Road (PL2 2QX), the main crime hotspot is near Halcyon Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ham Green Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halcyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dovedale Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Myrtleville Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order West Down Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beacon Park Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrtleville Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Halcyon Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Halcyon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halcyon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosedown Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Dene Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ham Green —
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Data Sources

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