Total Crime Rate

117.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.0 10/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Higher Brimley Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Teignmouth Central , and the 52nd 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 Higher Brimley Road (TQ14 8JU) in the last 12 months was 117.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Brimley Road (TQ14 8JU), the main crime hotspot is near Higher Brimley Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Brimley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Brimley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Brimley Road Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Brimley Road Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fore Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bickford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Speranza Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belgrave Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Higher Brimley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Buckeridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exeter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Daimonds Lane Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnpark Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnpark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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