Total Crime Rate
9.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osmand Gardens area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Plympton Erle , and the 38th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Osmand Gardens (PL7 1AA) in the last 12 months was 9.0 per 1,000 residents and was 83.3% lower than the Plympton Erle average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osmand Gardens (PL7 1AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B3416, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookingfield Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plympton Erle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookingfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alston Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alston Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Potters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alston Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkmoor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B3416 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennel Hill Close | Under investigation |
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