Total Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sherwell Close area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bickleigh & Cornwood , and the 102nd 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 Sherwell Close (TQ9 6PH) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the Bickleigh & Cornwood average (29.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sherwell Close (TQ9 6PH), the main crime hotspot is near Moor Road. Police recorded 2 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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