Crime Statistics for Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Budleigh Salterton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Violent Crime	4
Other Theft	3
Shoplifting	2
Burglary	1
Public Order	1
Drugs	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	20

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Budleigh Salterton. 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 Budleigh Salterton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Exmouth (3.77 miles)	82
Littleham (2.56 miles)	60
Budleigh Salterton	20
Kersbrook (0.62 miles)	20
Little Knowle	20
Bridge End (4.73 miles)	7
Newton Poppleford (4.52 miles)	0
Colaton Raleigh (3.17 miles)	0
Northmostown (4.73 miles)	0
North Star (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Budleigh Salterton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Littleham	36
Exmouth	32
Budleigh Salterton	4
Kersbrook	4
Little Knowle	4
Bridge End	4
Newton Poppleford	0
Colaton Raleigh	0
Northmostown	0
North Star	0

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

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 Budleigh Salterton 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 Budleigh Salterton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Budleigh Salterton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Budleigh Salterton is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Exmouth Town	60
2	Exmouth Littleham	35
3	Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh	18
4	Ottery St Mary	15
5	Sidmouth Sidford	14
6	Sidmouth Town	13
7	Exmouth Brixington	11
8	Exmouth Halsdon	10
9	Budleigh & Raleigh	5
10	Woodbury & Lympstone	3
11	Newton Poppleford & Harpford	3

Which road in Budleigh Salterton has the highest level of crime?

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