Ham, Beacon Park & Pennycross

Plymouth · South West · population 8,972 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,316 of 6,856 in England
  • #414 of 710 in South West
  • #14 of 33 in Plymouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,869
Median age (est.)40
Density4,744per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above27%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 17%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Ham, Beacon Park & Pennycross sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,316 of 6,856 in England, and #14 of 33 in Plymouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (92) and lowest on Employment (39). Typical homes here, about £250,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 110 sales), 10% above the wider Plymouth median of £227,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,380 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £40,051 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 43 · #3,892
Employment 39 · #4,166
Education 42 · #3,995
Health 44 · #3,809
Crime 60 · #2,754
Housing & access 92 · #533
Living environment 56 · #2,987

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000110+4.2%+28.2%
Detached£460,0005+14.6%+42.6%
Semi-detached£285,00057+11.8%+35.1%
Terraced£209,00040-9.1%+17.6%
Flat£120,8008+0.7%+49.6%
This area£250,000
Plymouth£227,500
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,051±£5,611 · #3,419 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,439
Price-to-income ?6.2×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 507 offences
Plymouth94
South West71
England83

Rank #2,603 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences287
Theft40
Burglary11
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons46
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 82 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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