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Crime · Buckfastleigh
Reported crime in Buckfastleigh
246 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 57 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
246
Rate / 1,000
57
Categories
11
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 122 | 50% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 24 | 10% |
| Other theft | 24 | 10% |
| Public order | 22 | 9% |
| Anti social behaviour | 18 | 7% |
| Drugs | 10 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 3% |
| Other crime | 7 | 3% |
| Burglary | 6 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 5 | 2% |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 122 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |
| Other theft | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |||
| Public order | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 | |
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Drugs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Other crime | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Shoplifting | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 24 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 246 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Buckfastleigh, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 4,298.