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Crime · Dawlish
Reported crime in Dawlish
1,239 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 81 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,239
Rate / 1,000
81
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 591 | 48% |
| Shoplifting | 139 | 11% |
| Anti social behaviour | 138 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 104 | 8% |
| Public order | 91 | 7% |
| Other theft | 76 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 23 | 2% |
| Burglary | 22 | 2% |
| Other crime | 19 | 2% |
| Drugs | 19 | 2% |
| Robbery | 5 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0% |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 46 | 52 | 75 | 47 | 52 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 57 | 54 | 591 |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 139 |
| Anti social behaviour | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 138 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 104 |
| Public order | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 91 |
| Other theft | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 76 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
| Drugs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 85 | 97 | 127 | 95 | 97 | 85 | 118 | 110 | 98 | 98 | 114 | 115 | 1239 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Dawlish, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 15,266.