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Stoke

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West Plymouth. About 13,747 people in 2.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 89% of people in Stoke live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,436
1,178th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
89%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stoke compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

StokeMiddle
Population20 wards, Plymouth · 2021
Population: every ward in Plymouth20 areas from 8,224 to 17,751. The middle area is 13,409. Stoke is 13,436.
13,43610th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Plymouth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Plymouth20 areas from 76.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Stoke is 89.0%.
89%2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Plymouth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Plymouth20 areas from 75.4% to 99.2%. The middle area is 96.4%. Stoke is 98.2%.
98.2%3rd highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Plymouth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Plymouth20 areas from 1.6% to 6.0%. The middle area is 3.1%. Stoke is 4.0%.
4.0%6th highest

Is Stoke safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stoke at a rate of 125.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 109.8 per 1,000 people across Plymouth.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stoke.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (747), other crime (291) and anti-social behaviour (225).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Plymouth

These figures are published for the whole of Plymouth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Plymouth and not Stoke alone. See Plymouth

Average house price
£223,161
Up 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,186
69th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.3×
Joint 117th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.1
Joint 86th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Stoke in brief

Stoke had 13,436 usual residents at the census.

About 89% of people in Stoke live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stoke, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stoke, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.