Total Crime Rate
95.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hertland Walk area has the 36th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 311th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hertland Walk (PL2 2SB) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Ham average (91.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hertland Walk (PL2 2SB), the main crime hotspot is near Laurel Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 18 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 | Possession of weapons | Yellowmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornworthy Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hexham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestor Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharpitor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yellowmead Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yellowmead Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yellowmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yellowmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cleeve Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ham Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowerside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestor Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunkeswell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burrator Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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