Total Crime Rate
624.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ermington Terrace area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 16th 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 Ermington Terrace (PL4 6QG) in the last 12 months was 624.8 per 1,000 residents and was 521.6% higher 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 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 171.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 227.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ermington Terrace (PL4 6QG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 138 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Compton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moor View Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Connaught Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mutley Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Connaught Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lisson Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ford Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ford Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lisson Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lisson Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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