Total Crime Rate
223.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exmouth Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Devonport , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exmouth Road (PL1 4QJ) in the last 12 months was 223.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% higher than the Devonport average (164.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 122.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exmouth Road (PL1 4QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stoke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Benbow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Victoria Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyes Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keyes Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keppel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keppel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acre Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keppel Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Napier Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pym Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nelson Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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