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Crime · West Town
Reported crime in the parish of Crediton
833 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 78 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Crediton, which includes West Town. There are no separate figures for West Town. What each figure covers
Total incidents
833
Rate / 1,000
78
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 365 | 44% |
| Shoplifting | 126 | 15% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 79 | 9% |
| Anti social behaviour | 75 | 9% |
| Other theft | 50 | 6% |
| Public order | 46 | 6% |
| Other crime | 28 | 3% |
| Burglary | 18 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 15 | 2% |
| Drugs | 12 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 9 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 9 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 33 | 21 | 33 | 27 | 24 | 38 | 33 | 30 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 42 | 365 |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 126 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 79 |
| Anti social behaviour | 14 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 75 |
| Other theft | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 50 |
| Public order | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |
| Burglary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Drugs | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 82 | 55 | 76 | 60 | 47 | 81 | 84 | 70 | 59 | 58 | 84 | 77 | 833 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering West Town, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 10,632.