Total Crime Rate

4.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 4.4 1/10
  • Violent crimes 4.4 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Compton Road area has the lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 835 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 Lower Compton Road (PL3 5DH) in the last 12 months was 4.4 per 1,000 residents and was 95.3% lower than the Compton average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences 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 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Compton Road (PL3 5DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Courtfield Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vapron Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Compton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellsbourne Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosevean Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Overton Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sir Leonard Rogers Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Courtfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Courtfield Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hartley Park Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Vapron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lovell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Brandreth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Reservoir Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellsbourne Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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