Total Crime Rate

89.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Great Meadow area has the 10th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Cranbrook , and the 74th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Meadow (EX5 7EP) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher than the Cranbrook average (61.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Great Meadow (EX5 7EP), the main crime hotspot is near Crimson King. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Meadow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inner Westland Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morgan Sweet Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morgan Sweet Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Culvering Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Long Culvering Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Under investigation
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Data Sources

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