Total Crime Rate

138.0 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 138.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.8 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rosebery Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 200th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rosebery Avenue (PL4 8SX) in the last 12 months was 138.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 70.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosebery Avenue (PL4 8SX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rosebery Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lipson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Watts' Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Junction Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maybank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Channel View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft South View Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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