Total Crime Rate

8.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hemerdon Heights area has the lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Plympton Chaddlewood , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hemerdon Heights (PL7 2EZ) in the last 12 months was 8.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% lower than the Plympton Chaddlewood average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hemerdon Heights (PL7 2EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Hillcrest Close. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hemerdon Heights area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hillcrest Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hillcrest Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hillcrest Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hillcrest Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liddle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookfield Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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