Total Crime Rate
157.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stoke Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 160th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stoke Road (PL1 5JF) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% lower than the St Peter and the Waterfront average (369.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 104.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoke Road (PL1 5JF), the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 115 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Peter and the Waterfront| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alice Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bath Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoke Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street Ope | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alice Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Francis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wantage Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbay Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millbay Road | Under investigation |
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