Total Crime Rate

210.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 210.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 100.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.0 9/10
  • Other theft 33.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Haroldsleigh Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Budshead , and the 101st highest crime rate of 839 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 Haroldsleigh Avenue (PL5 3AW) in the last 12 months was 210.0 per 1,000 residents and was 116.8% higher than the Budshead average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Haroldsleigh Avenue (PL5 3AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Haroldsleigh Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morshead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Park Road
Sep 2025Public order Dingwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dingwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morshead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morshead Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morshead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Plumer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morshead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jellicoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3413 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Selkirk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jellicoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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