Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belfield Way area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Blackawton & Stoke Fleming , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 281 local areas in South Hams .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Belfield Way (TQ3 1NY) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% lower than the Blackawton & Stoke Fleming average (26.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belfield Way (TQ3 1NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Preston Down Road, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millmans Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Preston Down Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millmans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millmans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belfield Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belfield Avenue | Under investigation |
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