Total Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raleigh Close area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Sidmouth Sidford , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Raleigh Close (EX10 9TY) in the last 12 months was 37.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% lower than the Sidmouth Sidford average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raleigh Close (EX10 9TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howarth Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchardside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sampson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarde Hill Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Summerfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howarth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howarth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howarth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Howarth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Hayes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindemann Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lindemann Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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