Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead, Teignbridge: Safety
Safety
Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead is one of the quieter neighbourhoods around, with just 22.8 crimes per 1,000 people in 2024 and 28.2 in 2025. That's well below the UK average of around 88 to 89 per 1,000.
The difference is striking. Neighbouring areas like Barton with Watcombe and St Marychurch recorded rates three to four times higher over the same period.
Even compared to the South West average of 79.5 per 1,000 in 2025, this neighbourhood comes out significantly safer.
Crime levels have stayed consistently low across all three years of data. If you're looking for a settled, low-crime community, the figures here are genuinely reassuring.
Source: police-recorded crime (data.police.uk), 2024, 2025 and 2026 so far; population from ONS
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Crime rate comparison
2024
2025
2026 so far
Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead
Crimes/1,000 people
30.6
Lower than
UK average
98.8
Lower than
Regional average
82.6
Lower than
Kerswell-with-Combe
44.6
Lower than
St Marychurch
78.5
Lower than
Barton with Watcombe
93.8
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Types of Crime
This neighbourhood
Regional average
- Violent offences45%39%
- Other theft15%7%
- Criminal damage and arson9%8%
- Anti-social behaviour8%18%
- Public order5%8%
- Vehicle crime5%3%
- Burglary4%3%
- Theft from the person3%<1%
- Other crime3%2%
- Shoplifting1%8%
- Drugs1%2%
