Total Crime Rate

144.6 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 144.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Seymour Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 181st 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 Seymour Avenue (PL4 8RD) in the last 12 months was 144.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% 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 Other theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 262.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seymour Avenue (PL4 8RD), 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 Seymour Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Queen'S Gate Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tothill Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tothill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Diamond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diamond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Diamond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lydia Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Maurice Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaddlewood Avenue
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Watts' Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbank Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Emily Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prince Maurice Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emily Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lipson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Opie Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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