Total Crime Rate

167.4 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 167.4 9/10
  • Drugs 36.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.4 10/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • 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
  • 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

Ladysmith Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 142nd 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 Ladysmith Road (PL4 7NN) in the last 12 months was 167.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% 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 Drugs with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ladysmith Road (PL4 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lipstone Crescent, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edith Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ladysmith Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sefton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clinton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Clinton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bernice Close Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Channel View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lipstone Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lipstone Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lipstone Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archway Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lipson Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Laira Park Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Gould Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Gould Road —
Sep 2025Public order Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ladysmith Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clinton Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelvin Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelvin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft South View Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelvin Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neath Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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