Compton
WardCentral Plymouth. About 12,536 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Compton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Compton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Compton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Compton at a rate of 89.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.8 per 1,000 people across Plymouth.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Compton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (533), other crime (186) and criminal damage and arson (115).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Plymouth
These figures are published for the whole of Plymouth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Plymouth and not Compton alone. See Plymouth
Compton in brief
Compton had 12,286 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Compton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Compton, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Compton, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.