Published violence and sexual offences rates, Devon and Cornwall (Devon and Cornwall Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	138.3	3,639
2	PL4 35,288 residents	65.4	2,307
3	PL31 16,771 residents	63.7	1,068
4	TQ2 36,511 residents	62.4	2,277
5	TR1 23,420 residents	57.5	1,346
6	EX1 27,659 residents	53.5	1,480
7	PL2 32,304 residents	52.2	1,687
8	TQ1 33,166 residents	49.7	1,650
9	TR7 22,170 residents	49.0	1,086
10	EX4 60,676 residents	48.6	2,946
11	TR15 22,037 residents	48.3	1,065
12	TR18 19,515 residents	46.6	909
13	PL5 44,025 residents	46.3	2,039
14	TQ4 20,825 residents	44.9	935
15	PL25 27,680 residents	44.1	1,220
16	TR14 27,803 residents	44.0	1,222
17	EX2 44,876 residents	42.6	1,911
18	EX7 14,617 residents	39.5	578
19	TR27 16,253 residents	38.0	617
20	TQ3 32,639 residents	37.9	1,236

Lowest published rates

Rank of 81	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
81	PL8 6,130 residents	14.8	91
80	EX33 10,292 residents	15.4	159
79	EX9 6,978 residents	16.1	112
78	PL20 12,403 residents	16.4	203
77	TQ13 24,390 residents	17.8	434
76	EX11 9,565 residents	18.6	178
75	EX6 14,988 residents	18.7	280
74	PL30 10,734 residents	19.8	212
73	TR3 13,008 residents	19.8	257
72	EX14 22,169 residents	20.4	453
71	EX10 17,684 residents	20.5	363
70	TR20 9,720 residents	20.6	200
69	TQ9 19,792 residents	20.9	413
68	PL21 19,072 residents	21.3	406
67	TR2 10,515 residents	21.3	224
66	TR12 9,377 residents	21.8	204
65	PL9 31,049 residents	22.0	682
64	EX12 9,828 residents	22.4	220
63	PL7 31,336 residents	23.0	721
62	TQ7 17,083 residents	24.1	412

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 174	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	TQ2 5 5,374 residents	165.4	889
2	PL1 3 5,926 residents	125.2	742
3	PL1 4 7,726 residents	88.5	684
4	PL1 5 8,298 residents	87.6	727
5	TR7 1 6,672 residents	71.2	475
6	TR18 2 5,577 residents	70.5	393
7	PL4 8 10,275 residents	69.7	716
8	PL31 2 8,178 residents	69.1	565
9	TQ12 2 5,419 residents	66.8	362
10	PL4 6 6,028 residents	61.9	373
11	PL2 1 9,866 residents	58.7	579
12	PL4 7 8,326 residents	58.6	488
13	PL31 1 8,593 residents	58.5	503
14	PL2 2 11,065 residents	58.5	647
15	PL25 4 9,497 residents	56.8	539
16	EX34 9 5,807 residents	56.3	327
17	PL14 3 8,920 residents	55.4	494
18	PL25 5 6,361 residents	55.2	351
19	EX32 8 6,534 residents	55.1	360
20	EX8 1 6,724 residents	55.0	370

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 174	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
174	EX14 2 5,578 residents	8.2	46
173	EX33 1 5,085 residents	11.4	58
172	TQ3 1 8,430 residents	12.9	109
171	TR11 5 10,096 residents	13.1	132
170	EX9 6 5,103 residents	14.1	72
169	TQ13 9 8,318 residents	14.7	122
168	PL7 1 8,868 residents	14.8	131
167	TQ9 7 5,278 residents	15.7	83
166	EX8 4 9,388 residents	15.9	149
165	PL20 7 6,869 residents	16.3	112
164	PL20 6 5,534 residents	16.4	91
163	EX5 4 5,286 residents	16.5	87
162	EX39 5 6,452 residents	16.6	107
161	TQ9 6 5,726 residents	16.9	97
160	TQ12 5 9,011 residents	17.4	157
159	EX32 0 5,180 residents	17.6	91
158	PL7 4 9,132 residents	17.6	161
157	TR20 8 5,247 residents	17.7	93
156	PL9 9 11,790 residents	18.1	213
155	EX11 1 9,565 residents	18.6	178

Checking a specific address?

A district or sector rate averages many streets. A neighbourhood report maps where records cluster in the fixed 0.5 km around one exact postcode.

Order a neighbourhood report

How these rates are built: methodology and what a postcode district crime page shows.

Rankings across England and Wales