Total Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kirkstall Close area has the 41st highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 335th 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 Kirkstall Close (PL2 2SD) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirkstall Close (PL2 2SD), the main crime hotspot is near Woodville Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yellowmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunkeswell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowerside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yellowmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yellowmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Yellowmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yellowmead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharpitor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cleeve Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornworthy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Close | 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 | Burrator Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrator Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burrator Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hexham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
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