Efford and Lipson
WardCentral Plymouth. About 14,731 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Efford and Lipson live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Efford and Lipson compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Efford and Lipson safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Efford and Lipson at a rate of 107.5 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, 132 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Efford and Lipson.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (693), other crime (279) and anti-social behaviour (167).
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 Efford and Lipson alone. See Plymouth
Efford and Lipson in brief
Efford and Lipson had 14,199 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Efford and Lipson live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Efford and Lipson, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Efford and Lipson, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.