Police-recorded · South Hams · Devon & Cornwall Police
Violence and sexual offences in South Hams
12 months to June 2026
20.8per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 1,938 violence and sexual offences offences in South Hams in the 12 months to June 2026, up 18.2% (299) on the previous 12 months. That is 20.8 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 93,171
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
229 (partial)
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June 2012
538
6.4
2012
June 2013
533
6.4
2013
June 2014
578
6.9
2014
June 2015
603
7.1
2015
June 2016
655
7.7
2016
June 2017
740
8.7
2017
June 2018
1,089
12.7
2018
June 2019
1,240
14.3
2019
June 2020
1,197
13.7
2020
June 2021
1,188
13.3
2021
June 2022
1,352
15.1
2022
June 2023
513 (partial)
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June 2024
1,243
13.5
2024
June 2025
1,639
17.6
2025
June 2026
1,938
20.8
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.