Total Crime Rate
627.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Connaught Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 15th 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 Connaught Avenue (PL4 7BT) in the last 12 months was 627.9 per 1,000 residents and was 524.8% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 267.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Connaught Avenue (PL4 7BT), 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 | Belgrave Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wiltshire Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wiltshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Furzehill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lisson Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Belgrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belgrave Road | — |
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