Total Crime Rate

87.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Pearson Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pearson Avenue (PL4 7DD) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pearson Avenue (PL4 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Connaught Avenue, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belgrave Lane (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Compton

Crime Over Time in Pearson Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Courtfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Maurice Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Belgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prince Maurice Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Road
Sep 2025Public order West Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Arlington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arlington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Belgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lisson Grove
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Furzehill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wiltshire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Connaught Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Moor View Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wiltshire Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Connaught Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lisson Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.