South Devon

England · E14001484

5,599 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
5,599
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,561 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

575/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,56145.7%
Anti-social behaviourfalling75613.5%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling5289.4%
Other theftrising5119.1%
Public orderrising3426.1%
Shopliftingfalling2694.8%
Burglaryrising1753.1%
Other crimefalling1232.2%
Drugsfalling1122.0%
Vehicle crimefalling1041.9%
Possession of weaponsrising621.1%
Theft from the personrising250.4%
Robberyrising170.3%
Bicycle theftfalling140.3%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.