Total Crime Rate

184.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 184.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.6 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Highwood Grange area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Ambrook , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highwood Grange (TQ12 1QS) in the last 12 months was 184.8 per 1,000 residents and was 459.4% higher than the Ambrook average (33.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 112.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highwood Grange (TQ12 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Bank Street. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highwood Grange area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Powderham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powderham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bank Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pound Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pound Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tudor Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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