Total Crime Rate

30.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 30.9 3/10
  • Violent crimes 27.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Margarets Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Plympton Erle , and the 202nd lowest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Road (PL7 4SB) in the last 12 months was 30.9 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% lower than the Plympton Erle average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Road (PL7 4SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lynwood Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Margarets Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Litchaton Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodford Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Woodford Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lynwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lynwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lynwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Triumphal Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Triumphal Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
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Data Sources

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