Total Crime Rate

118.6 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 118.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.4 8/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Somerset Place area has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stoke , and the 246th highest crime rate of 839 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 Somerset Place (PL3 4BA) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerset Place (PL3 4BA), the main crime hotspot is near Maker View. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Somerset Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milehouse Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maker View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maker View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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