Total Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Burglary 15.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Welbeck Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 305th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Avenue (PL4 6BG) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% lower than the Compton average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 142.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welbeck Avenue (PL4 6BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winston Avenue (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welbeck Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Green Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glanville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derry Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Restormel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glen Park Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glen Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glanville Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gordon Terrace —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Allendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dale Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stangray Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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