Total Crime Rate
218.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Newton & Yealmpton , and the 7th highest crime rate of 283 local areas in South Hams .
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 This (PL7 5AB) in the last 12 months was 218.5 per 1,000 residents and was 527.4% higher than the Newton & Yealmpton average (34.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 113.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 145.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode PL7 5AB, the main crime hotspot is near Ridge Road. Police recorded 3 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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