Total Crime Rate
231.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mount Gould Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 86th 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 Mount Gould Road (PL4 7PS) in the last 12 months was 231.4 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Gould Road (PL4 7PS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Efford and Lipson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosebery Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Channel View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maybank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Maurice Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Prince Maurice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lipstone Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Queen'S Gate Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emily Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Emily Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thornton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaddlewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaddlewood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lipstone Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clinton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clinton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clinton Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Avenue | Under investigation |
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