Total Crime Rate

81.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.5 7/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Other crime 12.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Highfield Terrace area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Bickleigh & Cornwood , and the 40th 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 Highfield Terrace (PL21 0EW) in the last 12 months was 81.2 per 1,000 residents and was 123.6% higher than the Bickleigh & Cornwood average (36.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Terrace (PL21 0EW), the main crime hotspot is near Beacon View. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 3 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Terrace area

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Data Sources

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