Total Crime Rate

83.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Strap Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Ambrook , and the 92nd 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 Strap Lane (TQ12 3NS) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 151.2% higher than the Ambrook average (33.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strap Lane (TQ12 3NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadowcroft Drive, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbrook Avenue (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Strap Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strap Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadowcroft Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B3195 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B3195 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furze Cap Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Firleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadowcroft Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadowcroft Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Drive —
Sep 2025Public order Abbrook Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eagle Close —

Data Sources

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