Total Crime Rate

733.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 733.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 552.4 10/10
  • Other theft 60.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.3 9/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Plymouth Road area has the highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 10th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plymouth Road (PL3 6EF) in the last 12 months was 733.9 per 1,000 residents and was 562.4% 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 Shoplifting with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plymouth Road (PL3 6EF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 172 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plymouth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleton Tor Close —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleton Tor Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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