Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Churchill Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawlish North East , and the 45th highest crime rate of 431 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 Churchill Avenue (EX7 9SA) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% higher than the Dawlish North East average (104.9 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Churchill Avenue (EX7 9SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Third Avenue, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Second Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barton Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Linden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Third Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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