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Crime · Higher Metcombe
Reported crime in the parish of Ottery St. Mary
458 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 36 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Ottery St. Mary, which includes Higher Metcombe. There are no separate figures for Higher Metcombe. What each figure covers
Total incidents
458
Rate / 1,000
36
Categories
12
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 231 | 50% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 49 | 11% |
| Other theft | 37 | 8% |
| Anti social behaviour | 34 | 7% |
| Public order | 26 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 19 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 18 | 4% |
| Drugs | 15 | 3% |
| Burglary | 14 | 3% |
| Other crime | 9 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 17 | 17 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 231 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| Other theft | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 37 | |
| Anti social behaviour | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 34 | |
| Public order | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | ||
| Shoplifting | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Burglary | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 30 | 32 | 43 | 55 | 35 | 38 | 26 | 33 | 46 | 41 | 38 | 41 | 458 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Higher Metcombe, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 12,671.