Total Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Haldon Close area has the 29th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Buckland & Milber , and the 156th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haldon Close (TQ12 4BQ) in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% lower 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 13 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haldon Close (TQ12 4BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drake Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandringham Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Buckland & Milber| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Haldon Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallowfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fallowfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drake Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drake Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drake Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawkins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Brake | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queensway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chichester Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Way | Under investigation |
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