Total Crime Rate
124.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stentaway Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Plymstock Dunstone , and the 220th highest crime rate of 835 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 Stentaway Drive (PL9 8TE) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 243.7% higher than the Plymstock Dunstone average (36.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stentaway Drive (PL9 8TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shortwood Crescent, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southernway (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plymouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garden Village | Under investigation |
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