Total Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salisbury Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Efford and Lipson , and the 288th lowest crime rate of 839 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 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (PL4 8TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ladysmith Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edith Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Efford and Lipson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clinton Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Gould Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Channel View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maybank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Junction Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosebery Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernice Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | South View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | South View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | South View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Neath Road Lane South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carmarthen Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carmarthen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jephson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jephson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Gould Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South View Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clinton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clinton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lipstone Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lipstone Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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