Total Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seymour 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.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anson Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Gate Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lipson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstan'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lincoln Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Opie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Opie Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maybank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lipson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lipson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen'S Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sea View Terrace | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sea View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Road | Under investigation |
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