Total Crime Rate

57.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 57.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Gilpin Close area has the 25th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawlish North East , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gilpin Close (EX7 9SZ) in the last 12 months was 57.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gilpin Close (EX7 9SZ), the main crime hotspot is near Broom Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gilpin Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Underhay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Underhay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Week Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilpin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Underhay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Underhay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Underhay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Broom Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broom Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Week Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broom Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carhaix Way —
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Data Sources

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