Total Crime Rate
187.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoke Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Peter and the Waterfront , and the 123rd 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 5JG) in the last 12 months was 187.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoke Road (PL1 5JG), 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 | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Union Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alice Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Battery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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