Total Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Laira Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 334th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Laira Road (PL3 6AB) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Efford and Lipson average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Laira Road (PL3 6AB), the main crime hotspot is near Holmes Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Efford and Lipson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laira Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernice Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chudleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kirton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ward Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ward Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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