Total Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Longlands area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawlish North East , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Longlands (EX7 9DB) in the last 12 months was 17.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% lower than the Dawlish North East average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Longlands (EX7 9DB), the main crime hotspot is near Barton Crescent. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dawlish North East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerland Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longlands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Meadow Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Meadow Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Crescent | Under investigation |
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