Total Crime Rate
104.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoke 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.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Cotts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Phoenix Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wyndham Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsdon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolsdon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsdon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyndham Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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