Total Crime Rate

103.9 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 103.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Longlands area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawlish North East , and the 68th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .

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 Longlands (EX7 9NF) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longlands (EX7 9NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barton Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Longlands area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Town Tree Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Barton Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Town Tree Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Meadow Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Summerland Close —
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Data Sources

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