Total Crime Rate

84.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

North Hill area has the 25th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Compton , and the 349th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around North Hill (PL4 8JT) in the last 12 months was 84.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower than the Compton average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Hill (PL4 8JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clifton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Napier Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Endsleigh Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road East Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Moor View Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Road East
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abingdon Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seven Trees Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Allendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mutley Plain Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sherwell Arcade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sherwell Arcade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Arcade Under investigation

Data Sources

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