Crime Rate in Stoke, ward

Stoke has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Plymouth district and the 870th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 62nd highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stoke in the last 12 months was 133.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.9% higher than the Plymouth district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stoke’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 709 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 24.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -34.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 862 (≈ 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stoke ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 211 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Maker View (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.