Crime Rate in College, ward

College has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Teignbridge district and the 3695th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 310th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in College in the last 12 months was 63.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% higher than the Teignbridge district average (62.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, College’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 167 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 180 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the College ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hampton Road, with 32 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.