Total Crime Rate

89.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 53.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Public order 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Seymour Avenue area has the 39th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 330th highest crime rate of 835 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 Seymour Avenue (PL4 8RB) in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seymour Avenue (PL4 8RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Egerton Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seymour Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Anson Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Queen'S Gate Villas Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lipson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Diamond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Diamond Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Diamond Avenue Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Drugs Opie Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Opie Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Opie Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Woodside Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Diamond Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Diamond Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Gate
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maybank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lipson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lipson Road
Apr 2026Other theft Queen'S Gate Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sea View Terrace Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sea View Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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