Total Crime Rate
80.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peters Park Lane area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 359th highest 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 Peters Park Lane (PL5 1PS) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peters Park Lane (PL5 1PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Verna Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunny Dene (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Budeaux| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verna Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Byard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chard Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Row Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter'S Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kathleaven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clearbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colebrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Dene | Under investigation |
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