South West Devon

England · E14001495

4,302 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
4,302
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,006 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

461/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,00646.6%
Anti-social behaviourfalling63914.9%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling3949.2%
Other theftfalling3207.4%
Public orderrising2636.1%
Shopliftingfalling1994.6%
Burglaryfalling1283.0%
Vehicle crimerising1192.8%
Other crimefalling982.3%
Drugsfalling551.3%
Possession of weaponsrising421.0%
Robberyrising160.4%
Theft from the personfalling140.3%
Bicycle theft unchanged90.2%

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.