Total Crime Rate
206.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Browning Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stoke , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 835 local areas in Plymouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Browning Road (PL2 3AR) in the last 12 months was 206.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% higher than the Stoke average (137.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 86.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Browning Road (PL2 3AR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fullerton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furneaux Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrim Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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