Total Crime Rate

37.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Molesworth Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stoke , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Molesworth Road (PL1 5PB) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% lower than the Stoke average (133.8 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Molesworth Road (PL1 5PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hotham Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Molesworth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eldad Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Fellows Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sylvan Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylvan Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hotham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Bridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutger Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rutger Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Valletort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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