Total Crime Rate

190.0 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 190.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.0 9/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kensington Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 122nd 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 Kensington Road (PL4 7QJ) in the last 12 months was 190.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 93.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kensington Road (PL4 7QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seven Trees Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kensington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lydia Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prince Maurice Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Maurice Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marina Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marina Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Moor View Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kensington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Longfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill Park Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Queen'S Gate Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emily Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wiltshire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wiltshire Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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