Crime Statistics for Knowles Hill, Teignbridge, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 156 street level crime incidents in Knowles Hill 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 Knowles Hill, 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	65
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Public Order	11
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Theft	10
Shoplifting	8
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
Burglary	2
Robbery	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	156

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 Knowles Hill. 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 Knowles Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Abbot (0.62 miles)	173
Buckland (1.24 miles)	166
Broadlands	156
Knowles Hill	156
Rydon (1.75 miles)	54
Newtake (1.96 miles)	34
Aller Park (1.75 miles)	27
Teigngrace (1.39 miles)	27
Mile End (1.39 miles)	23
Abbotskerswell (1.86 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Knowles Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newton Abbot	69
Buckland	69
Broadlands	65
Knowles Hill	65
Rydon	25
Newtake	20
Aller Park	14
Teigngrace	13
Mile End	13
Abbotskerswell	2

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

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 Knowles Hill 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 Knowles Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knowles Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Knowles Hill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Ipplepen.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bushell	66
2	College	58
3	Kersell-with-Combe	39
4	Buckland & Milber	35
5	Kingsteignton West	31
6	Kingsteignton East	21
7	Bradley	20
8	Bovey	15
9	Marldon & Littlehempston	13
10	Haytor	4
11	Ipplepen	3

Which road in Knowles Hill has the highest level of crime?

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