Total Crime Rate

89.2 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 89.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Seldons Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Bickleigh & Cornwood , and the 32nd 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 Seldons Close (PL21 0NF) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 145.6% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seldons Close (PL21 0NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parsonage Lane, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trinnicks Orchard (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seldons Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinnicks Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinnicks Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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