Total Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodland Gardens area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Teignmouth Central , and the 27th lowest crime rate of 431 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 Woodland Gardens (TQ14 8LQ) in the last 12 months was 7.2 per 1,000 residents and was 89.7% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodland Gardens (TQ14 8LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Higher Brimley Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mere Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pound Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shute Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clampet Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Triangle Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clampet Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Brimley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higher Brimley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Higher Brimley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Higher Brimley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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