Crime Statistics for Lower Cheriton, Devon, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Cheriton, Lower Cheriton

There were a total of 1 street level crime incidents in in March 2024. The largest category was Public Order.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Public Order1
All Crime1

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lower Cheriton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Lower Cheriton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Lower Cheriton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Lower Cheriton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Gosford (2.56 miles)9
Feniton (1.39 miles)4
Colestocks (0.88 miles)4
Payhembury (1.24 miles)2
Higher Cheriton (0.62 miles)1
Lower Cheriton1
Talewater (1.76 miles)1
Alfington (1.96 miles)0
Fenny Bridges (1.96 miles)0
Awliscombe (1.86 miles)0

4.3%
of Feniton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Cheriton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Lower Cheriton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Gosford4
Feniton2
Colestocks2
Payhembury1
Higher Cheriton0
Lower Cheriton0
Talewater0
Alfington0
Fenny Bridges0
Awliscombe0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lower Cheriton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Lower Cheriton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Lower Cheriton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Cheriton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Cheriton is ranked #10.

#WardScore
1Honiton St Paul's22
2Sidmouth Rural18
3Cullompton Outer17
4Ottery St Mary15
5Cullompton South14
6Honiton St Michael's12
7Whimple & Rockbeare8
8West Hill & Aylesbeare4
9Tale Vale4
10Feniton3
11Newton Poppleford & Harpford3

Which road in Lower Cheriton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lower Cheriton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Green Lane.

Last updated: March 2024
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