Total Crime Rate
163.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Gate Villas area has the 14th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 149th highest crime rate of 835 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 Queens Gate Villas (PL4 7PN) in the last 12 months was 163.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% higher than the Efford and Lipson average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Gate Villas (PL4 7PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Diamond Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sea View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monica Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Furzehill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sea View Terrace | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wiltshire Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenbank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lipson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lipson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodside | Under investigation |
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