Total Crime Rate
12.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaconfield Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 58th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beaconfield Road (PL2 3LD) in the last 12 months was 12.5 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% lower than the Ham average (91.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaconfield Road (PL2 3LD), the main crime hotspot is near West Down Road. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 14 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 | Public order | South Down Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrim Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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