Total Crime Rate

156.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 156.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.1 10/10
  • Public order 18.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sun Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Teignmouth Central , and the 28th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Teignbridge .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sun Lane (TQ14 8EF) in the last 12 months was 156.9 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% higher than the Teignmouth Central average (90.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sun Lane (TQ14 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sun Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Speranza Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bickford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fore Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clampet Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Daimonds Lane Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street —
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exeter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Terrace —
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Data Sources

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