Crime Statistics for True Street, South Hams, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in True Street in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in True Street, 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	11
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	1
Shoplifting	1
Public Order	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	21

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 True Street. 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 True Street

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Totnes (1.24 miles)	67
Bridgetown (0.62 miles)	64
Longcause (1.96 miles)	61
True Street	21
Littlehempston (1.39 miles)	19
Berry Pomeroy (0.62 miles)	14
Stoke Gabriel (2.24 miles)	5
Aish (1.75 miles)	5
Blagdon (1.96 miles)	4
Ashprington (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near True Street?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Totnes	20
Bridgetown	20
Longcause	18
True Street	11
Berry Pomeroy	4
Stoke Gabriel	2
Aish	2
Littlehempston	1
Blagdon	0
Ashprington	0

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

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 True Street 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 True Street compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to True Street and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. True Street is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Roundham with Hyde	70
2	Clifton with Maidenway	49
3	King's Ash	49
4	Totnes	35
5	Goodrington with Roselands	32
6	Preston	26
7	Ambrook	14
8	Marldon & Littlehempston	13
9	West Dart	11
10	Ipplepen	3

Which road in True Street has the highest level of crime?

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