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Crime · Higher Town
Reported crime in the parish of Buckfastleigh
248 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 58 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Buckfastleigh, which includes Higher Town. There are no separate figures for Higher Town. What each figure covers
Total incidents
248
Rate / 1,000
58
Categories
11
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 128 | 52% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 31 | 13% |
| Other theft | 20 | 8% |
| Public order | 17 | 7% |
| Anti social behaviour | 16 | 6% |
| Drugs | 11 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 6 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 2% |
| Burglary | 6 | 2% |
| Other crime | 6 | 2% |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 128 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31 | |
| Other theft | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | |||
| Public order | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |||||
| Drugs | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Other crime | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Shoplifting | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 22 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 248 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Higher Town, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 4,298.