Total Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wolseley 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.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furneaux Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Auckland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Allenby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Allenby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Allenby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrim Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fullerton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greatlands Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allenby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greatlands Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatlands Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatlands Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatlands Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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