Tiverton Castle, Mid Devon: Safety
Safety
Crime in Tiverton Castle sits slightly above the UK average, but it's heading in the right direction. Total recorded crimes dropped from 750 in 2024 to 697 in 2025, and 2026 is tracking even lower.
The monthly average in 2025 was around 58 crimes — which matches the UK average of roughly 58. So the gap between this neighbourhood and the national picture is actually quite narrow. Anti-social behaviour and violent crime account for most recorded incidents, which you'll see in many town-centre neighbourhoods. Vehicle crime is genuinely low here, with just 10 incidents across the whole of 2025.
What's really worth noting is the downward trend across every category. Crime is falling steadily, and that suggests things are genuinely improving.
Source: police-recorded crime for Tiverton Castle ward (Devon & Cornwall Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Tiverton Castle ward: Devon & Cornwall Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Tiverton Castle ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
155.2
Higher than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Higher than
South West region average
82.6
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Tiverton Lowman
89.2
Higher than
Tiverton Cranmore
56.8
Higher than
Clare & Shuttern
37.2
Higher than
Tiverton Westexe
84.2
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Tiverton Castle ward and the South West region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences34%39%
- Anti-social behaviour24%18%
- Criminal damage and arson13%8%
- Shoplifting9%8%
- Other theft6%7%
- Public order5%8%
- Burglary3%3%
- Vehicle crime1%3%
- Other crime1%2%
- Drugs1%2%
- Theft from the person1%<1%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Robbery1%1%
- Bicycle theft<1%1%
