Crime Statistics for Newton Abbot, Teignbridge, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 173 street level crime incidents in Newton Abbot 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 Newton Abbot, 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	69
Anti Social Behaviour	39
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Public Order	11
Other Theft	10
Shoplifting	8
Vehicle Crime	6
Drugs	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Burglary	2
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
All Crime	173

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 Newton Abbot. 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 Newton Abbot

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Abbot	173
Buckland (0.62 miles)	166
Broadlands (0.62 miles)	156
Knowles Hill (0.62 miles)	156
Rydon (1.39 miles)	54
Newtake (1.39 miles)	34
Aller Park (1.39 miles)	27
Mile End (1.96 miles)	23
Netherton (1.86 miles)	21
Teigngrace (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Newton Abbot?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Newton Abbot 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
Netherton	14
Mile End	13
Teigngrace	0

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

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 Newton Abbot 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 Newton Abbot compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newton Abbot and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Newton Abbot is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bushell	66
2	College	58
3	Barton with Watcombe	55
4	Kersell-with-Combe	39
5	Buckland & Milber	35
6	Kingsteignton West	31
7	Kingsteignton East	21
8	Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead	20
9	Bradley	20
10	Haytor	4
11	Ipplepen	3

Which road in Newton Abbot has the highest level of crime?

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