Total Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salisbury Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 325th lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8TB) in the last 12 months was 47.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lipstone Crescent, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Gould Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lipstone Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jephson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Gould Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mount Gould Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Rosebery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Maybank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faringdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sefton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carmarthen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archway Avenue | Under investigation |
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