Teignbridge Crime Rate October 2024 | Monthly Statistics

In October 2024, Teignbridge's crime rate of 5.1 per 1,000 residents stood 37% below the UK average of 8.1 per 1,000, reflecting a safer-than-average profile. The balance of crime types reveals a striking contrast: violent crime (291 incidents, 41.3% of total) significantly outpaced property crime (223 incidents, 31.7% of total), a pattern consistent with Teignbridge's character as a mixed rural-urban district. This dominance of violent over property crime may partly explain the area's lower-than-average rates for theft-related offences, with shoplifting and vehicle crime both registering 58% and 57% below UK averages respectively. Seasonal factors in October—darker evenings, Halloween, and the clocks going back—likely contribute to the prominence of violence and anti-social behaviour, which accounted for 57.1% of all reported crimes. While property crime remains a concern, the relatively low levels of burglary (0.2 per 1,000) and vehicle crime (0.2 per 1,000) suggest that Teignbridge's rural areas and community policing efforts may play a role in mitigating these categories. The sharp contrast between the high proportion of violent crime and the UK average for violence and sexual offences (21% below) highlights a unique local dynamic, linked to the area's mix of commuter suburbs and coastal communities where social interactions are more frequent during evenings and weekends.

October 2024 saw sharp increases in shoplifting (+58.3%, 24→38) and other theft (+53.1%, 32→49), driven by Halloween-related activity and potentially unsecured retail premises in the area's town centres. Conversely, robbery fell by 66.7% (3→1), a decline that may reflect heightened police visibility during October or reduced opportunities for high-risk crimes. The property-violent crime balance shifted further in favour of violence, with violent offences comprising 41.3% of total crimes compared to property's 31.7%—a 29% gap that diverges from the UK average where property crime typically dominates. Teignbridge's violent crime rate (2.1 per 1,000) is 21% below the UK average (2.7 per 1,000), suggesting that while violent incidents are more prevalent than property crime locally, they remain relatively contained compared to national trends. This pattern may reflect the area's commuter demographics and coastal tourist infrastructure, which could concentrate violent incidents in specific high-traffic zones while reducing their overall scale.

Teignbridge's crime rate rose 10.4% from 4.6 per 1,000 in September to 5.1 per 1,000 in October, marking the first increase in a three-month period. On a daily basis, the area experienced an average of 23 crimes per day in October, equivalent to one crime for every 197 residents over the course of the month—a figure that underscores the area's relative safety compared to UK averages. This monthly exposure rate is lower than the national benchmark, where the average resident faces one crime every 127 residents annually. The population-scaled perspective reveals that Teignbridge's 138,548 residents collectively face a 5.1% chance of being a crime victim this month, compared to the UK's 8.1% average. While the increase from September may be attributed to seasonal factors like Halloween and darker evenings, the overall rate remains well below the UK average, suggesting that local initiatives—such as community policing or targeted anti-social behaviour interventions—may be sustaining this lower baseline. The contrast between Teignbridge's 37% below UK average and the 10.4% month-on-month rise highlights the interplay between local conditions and broader national trends.