Total Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

73.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 73.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yealmpstone Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Plympton Chaddlewood , and the 295th 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 Yealmpstone Drive (PL7 1HG) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 108.0% higher than the Plympton Chaddlewood average (47.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yealmpstone Drive (PL7 1HG), the main crime hotspot is near Neal Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yealmpstone Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenlees Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brimhill Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yealmpstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Yealmpstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Danum Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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