Total Crime Rate
178.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (PL5 1RD) in the last 12 months was 178.6 per 1,000 residents and was 94.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (PL5 1RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodstock Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kathleaven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bickham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chard Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trelawney Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trelawney Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tresluggan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Way | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Budeaux Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colebrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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