Total Crime Rate

192.4 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 192.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 98.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Longfield Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 119th 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 Longfield Place (PL4 7LY) in the last 12 months was 192.4 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% 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 Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longfield Place (PL4 7LY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Longfield Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B3238 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order B3238 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lisson Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lisson Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lisson Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lisson Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lisson Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lisson Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order West Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill Park Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lipson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lipson Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headland Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headland Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headland Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Diamond Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wiltshire Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diamond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbank Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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