Total Crime Rate

49.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Elmwood Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Ambrook , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elmwood Avenue (TQ12 1RS) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmwood Avenue (TQ12 1RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holbeam Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castlewood Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elmwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Moorsend Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Belvedere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Moorsend Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashburton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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