Total Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stowford Business Park area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ivybridge East , and the 100th lowest crime rate of 281 local areas in South Hams .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stowford Business Park (PL21 0BE) in the last 12 months was 25.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% lower than the Ivybridge East average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stowford Business Park (PL21 0BE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firtree Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trehill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Costly Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fillham Moor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fillham Moor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fillham Moor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
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