Crime Statistics for Higher Rocombe Barton, Watcombe, Devon, 2024

Crime statistics for Higher Rocombe Barton, Watcombe

There were a total of 53 street level crime incidents in Higher Rocombe Barton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Higher Rocombe Barton, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime19
Anti Social Behaviour11
Public Order5
Drugs4
Vehicle Crime4
Criminal Damage Arson3
Burglary2
Other Theft2
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime53

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 Higher Rocombe Barton. 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 Higher Rocombe Barton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Combe Pafford (1.24 miles)289
Barton (0.88 miles)145
Watcombe (0.62 miles)134
Higher Rocombe Barton53
Coffinswell (1.24 miles)38
Daccombe (0.62 miles)37
Maidencombe (0.62 miles)27
Higher Gabwell (0.88 miles)5
Lower Gabwell (0.62 miles)5
Stokeinteignhead (1.24 miles)3

6.12%
of Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Higher Rocombe Barton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Combe Pafford107
Barton52
Watcombe45
Higher Rocombe Barton19
Coffinswell18
Daccombe12
Maidencombe11
Higher Gabwell1
Lower Gabwell0
Stokeinteignhead0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Higher Rocombe Barton?

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 Higher Rocombe Barton 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 Higher Rocombe Barton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Higher Rocombe Barton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Higher Rocombe Barton have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Tormohun.

#WardScore
1Tormohun84
2Ellacombe71
3St Marychurch63
4College58
5Wellswood55
6Barton with Watcombe55
7Cockington with Chelston53
8Kersell-with-Combe39
9Buckland & Milber35
10Shiphay34
11Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead20

Which road in Higher Rocombe Barton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Higher Rocombe Barton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ringmore Road.

Last updated: February 2024
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