Total Crime Rate

165.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 165.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Laira Park Place area has the 17th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 150th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laira Park Place (PL4 7HT) in the last 12 months was 165.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laira Park Place (PL4 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ladysmith Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Channel Park Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Laira Park Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Laira Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossway Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channel Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ladysmith Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holmes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Gould Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Gould Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernice Close Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sefton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crossway Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kirton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trefusis Gardens
Sep 2025Drugs Trefusis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trefusis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trefusis Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archway Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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