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

Ponsonby Road 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 Ponsonby Road (PL3 4HW) 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 Ponsonby Road (PL3 4HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alma Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maker View (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ponsonby Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maker View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime St Barnabas Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittington Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alma Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Knollys Terrace Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maker View Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary De La Hay Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cuffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cuffe Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue —
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Data Sources

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