Total Crime Rate

219.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 219.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.7 10/10
  • Drugs 56.9 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Salisbury Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 96th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8TA) in the last 12 months was 219.5 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8TA), 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 Salisbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmarthen Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebery Avenue —
Sep 2025Robbery Ladysmith Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Gould Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Gould Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft South View Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft South View Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lipson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Desborough Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neath Road Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Watts' Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Junction Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maybank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Channel View Terrace Under investigation
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 Carmarthen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
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
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Data Sources

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