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West Devon crime statistics

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

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: West Devon 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 2026245published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour19separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents40.3Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

West Devon: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 245 crime records and 19 anti-social behaviour records for West Devon local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 2,378.

The resident population used is 58,980, 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 40.3 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 202624519Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 202617116Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 202619413Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 202619316Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 202621123Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 20261889Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 20261829Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 202520123Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 202518636Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 202524332Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 202516630Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 202519851Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 202522352Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 202518422Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 202518932Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 202516531Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 202518933Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202515626Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 202517937Territorial submission present
December 202420118Territorial submission present
November 202418234Territorial submission present
October 202418436Territorial submission present
September 202417723Territorial submission present
August 202420346Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by +8.0% compared with the preceding 12 months (2,201 → 2,378). 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 offences14153.4%
Public order3312.5%
Criminal damage and arson228.3%
Anti-social behaviour197.2%
Other theft176.4%
Vehicle crime93.4%
Shoplifting72.7%
Other crime62.3%
Drugs41.5%
Burglary31.1%
Possession of weapons31.1%

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 investigation13354.3%
Unable to prosecute suspect6124.9%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified3514.3%
Awaiting court outcome62.4%
Offender given a caution31.2%
Formal action is not in the public interest31.2%
Further investigation is not in the public interest31.2%
Local resolution10.4%

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
Torridge3,34747.6
Teignbridge7,19851.9
Plymouth25,58994.3
South Hams3,85641.4
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: Tavistock Rural West. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (7)
  • Daniel Jones — Police Inspector
  • Deborah Hollinson — Police Community Support Officer
  • James Luke — Police Constable
  • Jan Cooper — Police Community Support Officer
  • Jenny Mashford — Police Constable
  • Lucy Hill — Police Constable
  • Thomas Ottley — Police Sergeant

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.