Total Crime Rate

227.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 227.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.0 5/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Costly Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ivybridge East , and the 5th highest crime rate of 283 local areas in South Hams .

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 Costly Street (PL21 0DB) in the last 12 months was 227.9 per 1,000 residents and was 308.0% higher than the Ivybridge East average (55.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Costly Street (PL21 0DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Erme Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Costly Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Fillham Moor Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charlton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fillham Moor Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mill Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Chase —
Sep 2025Public order B3213 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Erme Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Costly Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Costly Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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