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South Hams crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole South Hams local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: South Hams local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 2026435published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour38separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents41.4Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

South Hams: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 435 crime records and 38 anti-social behaviour records for South Hams local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 3,856.

The resident population used is 93,171, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 41.4 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 202643538Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 202633835Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 202633455Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 202630834Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 202629827Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202632223Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 202633326Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 202526231Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 202526747Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 202529556Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 202531459Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 202535078Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 202539064Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 202527970Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 202530072Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 202531055Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 202526659Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202528955Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 202530941Territorial submission present
December 202426435Territorial submission present
November 202428247Territorial submission present
October 202426746Territorial submission present
September 202428260Territorial submission present
August 202427968Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by +10.0% compared with the preceding 12 months (3,507 → 3,856). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Violence and sexual offences22647.8%
Other theft479.9%
Criminal damage and arson479.9%
Public order439.1%
Anti-social behaviour388.0%
Shoplifting306.3%
Vehicle crime122.5%
Burglary112.3%
Other crime71.5%
Drugs61.3%
Possession of weapons40.8%
Robbery10.2%
Theft from the person10.2%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Under investigation26861.6%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified7016.1%
Unable to prosecute suspect6514.9%
Awaiting court outcome225.1%
Offender given a caution30.7%
Further investigation is not in the public interest30.7%
Local resolution20.5%
Action to be taken by another organisation10.2%
Formal action is not in the public interest10.2%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Torbay13,19894.6
Plymouth25,58994.3
Teignbridge7,19851.9
West Devon2,37840.3
Exeter12,75392.5

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Devon & Cornwall Police is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: Totnes West. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (10)
  • Alesha Richards — Police Community Support Officer
  • Benjamin Shardlow — Police Inspector
  • Chris Shepheard — Police Constable
  • Ciaran Sheehan — Police Officer
  • Jason David Vasey — Police Community Support Officer
  • Joseph Cleare — Police Constable
  • Kirsty Meakin — Police Community Support Officer
  • Russell Broadhurst — Police Community Support Officer
  • Stu White — Police Sergeant
  • Zoe Carter — Police Constable

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.