Total Crime Rate

104.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 104.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 75.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.8 4/10
  • 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
  • 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

Stoke Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 275th highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stoke Road (PL1 5JF) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.9% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (372.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 75.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stoke Road (PL1 5JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near George Place, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (101 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stoke Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flora Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flora Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Manor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Quarry Cotts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wyndham Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Phoenix Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Phoenix Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Francis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Millbay Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wyndham Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Wyndham Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Millbay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wyndham Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wyndham Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Martin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wolsdon Place
Apr 2026Other theft Wolsdon Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolsdon Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wyndham Mews Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Wyndham Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolsdon Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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