Total Crime Rate

119.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 119.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wolseley Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 229th 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 Wolseley Road (PL2 3BP) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wolseley Road (PL2 3BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Down Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wolseley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Furneaux Avenue
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Auckland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Allenby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Allenby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Allenby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hungerford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hungerford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hungerford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilgrim Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fullerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greatlands Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melville Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allenby Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greatlands Crescent
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatlands Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott 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 2026Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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