Total Crime Rate

36.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 36.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

York Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Ham , and the 238th lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around York Road (PL5 1AU) in the last 12 months was 36.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% lower than the Ham average (85.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (PL5 1AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Way, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northumberland Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in York Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northumberland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northumberland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Northumberland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northumberland Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Adams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eliot Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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