Total Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Higher Brimley Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Teignmouth Central , and the 171st lowest crime rate of 431 local areas in Teignbridge .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Higher Brimley Road (TQ14 8JS) in the last 12 months was 32.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% lower than the Teignmouth Central average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Higher Brimley Road (TQ14 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Brimley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clampet Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clampet Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carlton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shute Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Triangle Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pound Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Somerset Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Somerset Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northumberland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osmond'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Brimley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Higher Brimley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Quay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Higher Brimley Road | Under investigation |
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