Total Crime Rate
83.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queen Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Buckland & Milber , and the 84th highest crime rate of 431 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 Queen Street (TQ12 2EW) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Buckland & Milber average (80.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Street (TQ12 2EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Street, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hopkins Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hopkins Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hopkins Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkins Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopkins Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kings Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Cottages | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hopkins Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hopkins Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | — |
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