Published crime rates, Devon and Cornwall (Devon and Cornwall Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 81	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	PL1 26,311 residents	358.4	9,429
2	PL4 35,288 residents	154.0	5,433
3	TQ2 36,511 residents	140.7	5,138
4	TR1 23,420 residents	136.8	3,204
5	EX1 27,659 residents	129.3	3,577
6	PL31 16,771 residents	124.3	2,084
7	TR18 19,515 residents	114.8	2,240
8	EX4 60,676 residents	114.1	6,921
9	TQ4 20,825 residents	112.9	2,352
10	TQ1 33,166 residents	112.8	3,740
11	TR7 22,170 residents	111.1	2,464
12	EX2 44,876 residents	107.7	4,835
13	TR15 22,037 residents	107.3	2,364
14	PL2 32,304 residents	103.8	3,352
15	PL25 27,680 residents	99.3	2,749
16	EX34 16,605 residents	98.2	1,631
17	PL5 44,025 residents	91.0	4,008
18	TQ3 32,639 residents	89.3	2,914
19	TR14 27,803 residents	88.0	2,448
20	EX31 28,452 residents	85.5	2,432

Lowest published rates

Rank of 81	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
81	PL8 6,130 residents	29.0	178
80	EX9 6,978 residents	30.8	215
79	TR3 13,008 residents	33.6	437
78	PL20 12,403 residents	34.8	432
77	TQ13 24,390 residents	34.9	851
76	PL30 10,734 residents	36.5	392
75	EX33 10,292 residents	36.5	376
74	EX11 9,565 residents	36.7	351
73	TR2 10,515 residents	37.1	390
72	EX6 14,988 residents	39.4	590
71	TR20 9,720 residents	41.0	399
70	EX12 9,828 residents	43.1	424
69	EX14 22,169 residents	43.4	963
68	PL9 31,049 residents	43.9	1,362
67	PL18 5,270 residents	45.2	238
66	EX22 11,855 residents	45.2	536
65	TR12 9,377 residents	45.2	424
64	PL7 31,336 residents	45.3	1,420
63	EX10 17,684 residents	46.4	821
62	PL21 19,072 residents	47.0	896

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 174	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	TQ2 5 5,374 residents	405.8	2,181
2	PL1 3 5,926 residents	295.0	1,748
3	PL1 4 7,726 residents	245.9	1,900
4	TR18 2 5,577 residents	193.8	1,081
5	PL1 5 8,298 residents	192.3	1,596
6	TR7 1 6,672 residents	171.5	1,144
7	TQ12 2 5,419 residents	168.3	912
8	EX34 9 5,807 residents	164.6	956
9	PL31 2 8,178 residents	151.0	1,235
10	PL4 8 10,275 residents	150.3	1,544
11	PL4 6 6,028 residents	146.6	884
12	PL25 5 6,361 residents	143.8	915
13	EX2 7 9,704 residents	142.2	1,380
14	TQ4 5 5,582 residents	138.8	775
15	PL4 7 8,326 residents	136.3	1,135
16	EX8 1 6,724 residents	136.2	916
17	PL4 9 7,624 residents	130.1	992
18	PL2 1 9,866 residents	129.8	1,281
19	EX2 8 7,301 residents	127.8	933
20	TQ3 3 15,193 residents	125.5	1,906

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 174	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
174	EX14 2 5,578 residents	20.6	115
173	TR11 5 10,096 residents	26.7	270
172	EX33 1 5,085 residents	27.3	139
171	EX9 6 5,103 residents	27.6	141
170	PL7 1 8,868 residents	28.5	253
169	TQ9 7 5,278 residents	29.6	156
168	EX5 4 5,286 residents	31.2	165
167	TQ13 9 8,318 residents	31.4	261
166	TQ3 1 8,430 residents	31.4	265
165	EX39 5 6,452 residents	31.5	203
164	TQ9 6 5,726 residents	32.3	185
163	PL20 7 6,869 residents	32.5	223
162	EX32 0 5,180 residents	32.8	170
161	TQ12 5 9,011 residents	34.3	309
160	TQ5 0 5,303 residents	34.5	183
159	EX8 4 9,388 residents	34.6	325
158	PL14 5 5,525 residents	34.8	192
157	PL7 2 10,655 residents	35.9	383
156	PL19 9 7,239 residents	36.6	265
155	EX11 1 9,565 residents	36.7	351

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