Crime Statistics for Clyst, Devon, 2024

Crime statistics for Clyst, Clyst

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Clyst in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour6
Violent Crime5
Shoplifting3
Drugs2
Vehicle Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Public Order1
Other Theft1
All Crime20

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 Clyst. 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 Clyst

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Sandy Gate (1.22 miles)97
Clyst St Mary (1.06 miles)65
Sowton (1.68 miles)57
Lower Wear (1.87 miles)38
Exeter Canal (1.5 miles)35
Clyst20
Topsham (1.02 miles)18
Clyst St George (1.02 miles)4
Ebford (1.56 miles)2
Exton (2.14 miles)1

6.81%
of Clyst Valley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Clyst?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Sandy Gate31
Clyst St Mary20
Sowton19
Lower Wear16
Exeter Canal15
Topsham8
Clyst5
Clyst St George1
Ebford0
Exton0

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

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 Clyst 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 Clyst compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Mincinglake and Whipton49
2Pennsylvania33
3Priory33
4Alphington30
5Topsham29
6Heavitree29
7Pinhoe24
8Kenn Valley21
9St Loyes19
10Clyst Valley6
11Woodbury & Lympstone3

Which road in Clyst has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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