Total Crime Rate
106.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whittington Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stoke , and the 279th highest crime rate of 839 local areas in Plymouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whittington Street (PL3 4EH) in the last 12 months was 106.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 380.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whittington Street (PL3 4EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Road West, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | De La Hay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrose Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Archer Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Road West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pennycomequick Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monroe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Monroe Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monroe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Road West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bayswater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bayswater Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wolsdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Staddon Terrace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyndham Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Street | Under investigation |
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