Total Crime Rate

136.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Trefusis Gardens area has the 26th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 204th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Trefusis Gardens (PL3 6BB) in the last 12 months was 136.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% higher than the Efford and Lipson average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 225.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trefusis Gardens (PL3 6BB), the main crime hotspot is near Channel Park Avenue. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Trefusis Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Holmes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trefusis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sefton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernice Close Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Clinton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clinton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clinton Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Lipson Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Laira Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kirton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trefusis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Trefusis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trefusis Gardens

Data Sources

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