Total Crime Rate
193.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roman Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Ham , and the 118th 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 Roman Road (PL5 2BZ) in the last 12 months was 193.1 per 1,000 residents and was 110.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roman Road (PL5 2BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Verna Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clearbrook Avenue (14 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 | Moor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clearbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verna Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter'S Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Row Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colebrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Byard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Avenue | — |
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