Total Crime Rate

120.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Commercial Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawlish North East , and the 48th highest 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 Commercial Road (EX7 9HU) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (EX7 9HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Celtic Fields (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stewart Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dawlish Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Piermont Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lawn Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brookdale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brookdale Terrace —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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