Crime Statistics for Sowton, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 60 street level crime incidents in Sowton in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Drugs.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sowton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	23
Drugs	7
Other Theft	6
Public Order	5
Shoplifting	5
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	60

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 Sowton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Sowton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Heavitree (1.86 miles)	238
Monkerton (0.88 miles)	142
Pinhoe (1.39 miles)	130
Sandy Gate (0.88 miles)	100
Blackhorse (0.62 miles)	62
Sowton	60
Clyst St Mary (0.62 miles)	54
Exeter Canal (2.39 miles)	38
Clyst (1.68 miles)	32
Clyst Honiton (0.88 miles)	29

Where are the most violent places near Sowton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Heavitree	98
Monkerton	72
Pinhoe	69
Sandy Gate	35
Sowton	23
Blackhorse	22
Clyst St Mary	22
Exeter Canal	15
Clyst Honiton	9
Clyst	8

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

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 Sowton 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 Sowton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Mincinglake and Whipton	49
2	Pennsylvania	33
3	Priory	33
4	Alphington	30
5	Topsham	29
6	Heavitree	29
7	Pinhoe	24
8	St Loyes	19
9	Broadclyst	14
10	Clyst Valley	6

Which road in Sowton has the highest level of crime?

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