Total Crime Rate

22.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

9.7 per 1,000 2/10 · 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 22.7 2/10
  • Violent crimes 9.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • 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
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Priory Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 133rd lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Road (PL3 5EW) in the last 12 months was 22.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.9% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (PL3 5EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beechcroft Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Lawn Terrace (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellsbourne Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rockingham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Overton Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Burglary Cranmere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cranmere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellsbourne Park Under investigation
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Data Sources

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