Total Crime Rate

53.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Salisbury Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 353rd lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8QT) in the last 12 months was 53.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Salisbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tothill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour May Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Watts' Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Thornton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tothill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lipson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drake Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbank Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Jude'S Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maybank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Jude'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watson Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lipson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lipson Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Opie Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tothill Avenue —

Data Sources

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