Crime · Paignton

Reported crime in Paignton

Name: Paignton crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

6,638 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 95 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,638

Rate / 1,000

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,880	43%
Anti social behaviour	893	13%
Shoplifting	687	10%
Criminal damage and arson	532	8%
Other theft	466	7%
Public order	331	5%
Vehicle crime	200	3%
Burglary	197	3%
Drugs	164	2%
Other crime	142	2%
Possession of weapons	64	1%
Theft from the person	38	1%
Bicycle theft	23	0%
Robbery	21	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	265	293	225	265	241	216	230	216	215	199	268	247	2880
Anti social behaviour	115	91	80	71	72	46	37	40	76	82	92	91	893
Shoplifting	59	59	49	43	56	31	22	31	50	46	113	128	687
Criminal damage and arson	59	40	42	41	40	37	29	34	50	48	52	60	532
Other theft	41	28	32	38	44	29	33	42	47	39	55	38	466
Public order	31	32	35	22	17	25	17	17	34	36	37	28	331
Vehicle crime	19	25	14	14	15	15	7	12	11	9	37	22	200
Burglary	13	20	14	14	22	17	9	9	12	18	26	23	197
Drugs	10	21	17	18	24	10	15	12	9	6	15	7	164
Other crime	11	9	14	11	10	13	15	13	10	8	14	14	142
Possession of weapons	3	6	7	4	7	3	4	7	3	6	8	6	64
Theft from the person	4	8	5	2	1		1	2	1	6	3	5	38
Bicycle theft	1	1	2		2	1	1		3	4	4	4	23
Robbery	2	2		2				4	4		6	1	21
Total	633	635	536	545	551	443	420	439	525	507	730	674	6638

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Paignton, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 70,017.