Total Crime Rate

318.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 318.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 152.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Devonport Road area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stoke , and the 51st highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Devonport Road (PL3 4DH) in the last 12 months was 318.6 per 1,000 residents and was 138.1% higher than the Stoke average (133.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 101.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Devonport Road (PL3 4DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northesk Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Devonport Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
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 Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fisher Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturdee Road
Sep 2025Public order Sturdee Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sturdee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northesk Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bromley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromley Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person B3396 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3396 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northesk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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