Total Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Riga Terrace area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 253rd 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 Riga Terrace (PL3 6BU) in the last 12 months was 38.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Riga Terrace (PL3 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Federation Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longbridge Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Laira Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Norfolk Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brandon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derwent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Federation 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Torridge Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creedy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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