Total Crime Rate

109.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 109.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Penlee Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stoke , and the 266th highest crime rate of 839 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 Penlee Road (PL3 4AU) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% 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 19 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penlee Road (PL3 4AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wingfield Way, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penlee Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rutger Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutger Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beresford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3396 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milehouse Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person B3396 Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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