Total Crime Rate
195.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kit Hill Crescent area has the 8th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 114th 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 Kit Hill Crescent (PL5 1EW) in the last 12 months was 195.4 per 1,000 residents and was 113.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 17.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -15.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 119.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kit Hill Crescent (PL5 1EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaufort Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rennie Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Landrake Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landrake Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landulph Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landulph Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sithney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sithney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trelawney Avenue | — |
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