Total Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Higher Green area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bickleigh & Cornwood , and the 28th highest crime rate of 281 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 Higher Green (TQ10 9PL) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 239.5% higher than the Bickleigh & Cornwood average (29.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Green (TQ10 9PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crowder Park, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Courtenay Park (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Green area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shipley Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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