South Molton
Population: 4,897
Policed by: Devon & Cornwall Police
Neighbourhood Picture
The following table and graphs show you crime and ASB breakdowns and trends for South Molton.
| ASB | Burglary | Robbery | Vehicle | Violent | Shoplifting | CD&A | Other Theft | Drugs | Bike Theft | Theft From the Person | Weapons | Public Order | Other | Total | |
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| Feb 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Oct 2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Sep 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Aug 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Jul 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Jun 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| May 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Apr 2022 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Mar 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Feb 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Jan 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| Dec 2021 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Crime Plus ASB Breakdown for South Molton
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Crime Type and ASB Charts for South Molton
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In September 2011, Other Crime was divided into 6 categories - Drugs, Public Disorder & Weapons (which was later split further and so is not displayed here), Criminal Damage & Arson (CD&A), Theft - Shoplifting, Theft-Other and Other.
From May 2013, the following changes were made to the crime categories:
I) The violent crime category was renamed "violence and sexual offences"
2) A new category for "bicycle theft" was created which previously fell within "other theft"
3) A new category for "theft from the person" was created which previously fell within "other theft"
4) Public disorder and weapons were then split into two new categories; "public order" and "possession of weapons"
5) Both "other firearms offences" and "other knives offences" which were in "other crime" were moved into "possession of weapons".
The Economic Policy Centre www.economicpolicycentre.com has made every effort in order to ensure that the data for UkCrimeStats is accurate and up to date. However, we are aware of certain deficiencies in this data which are beyond our control. That's because as a 3rd party developer, we do not collect the data, the Police do who then hand it over to another data company to release to 3rd party developers such as ourselves. We only download and analyse it so that you can use it. For full detail of these deficiencies, please read here.
South Molton town area has a population of approximately 5,000. It is mainly urban, but borders a wide expanse of open space and a number of rural villages. It continues to expand with new developments being built in number of locations. Young families occupy many of the new houses with older communities being more focused in the established areas of the neighbourhood. All of the South Molton area has it's fair share of regular Police patrols albeit policing is focused in the town due to the concentration of shops and licensed premises. Pathfields Business Park along with other commercial sites are regularly visited and we, as Neighbourhood officers have an oustanding relationship with our business community. .
South Molton is a safe place to live, visit and work. The likelihood of being a victim of crime remains well below the national average. Similarly, incidents of serious crime are very low indeed. The main problems are perceived anti-social behaviour and traffic related matters that are being addressed as an ongoing concern and passed to our partners to deal where appropriate.
We are committed to working with our partners to ensure that the South Molton area is a pleasant and safe place to live and work.
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