Total Crime Rate
1096.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highweek Street area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Buckland & Milber , and the highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .
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 Highweek Street (TQ12 1TG) in the last 12 months was 1096.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1124.0% higher than the Buckland & Milber average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 119 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 141 (≈ 436.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highweek Street (TQ12 1TG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Buckland & Milber| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highweek Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highweek Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highweek Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Abbotsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Exeter Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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