Total Crime Rate

195.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

119.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 195.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 119.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Public order 26.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.2 10/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kit 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kit Hill Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rennie Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Landrake Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Landrake Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Trafalgar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Landulph Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Landulph Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sithney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sithney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Farm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old School Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trelawney Avenue

Data Sources

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