Totnes Town
Population: 5,036
Policed by: Devon & Cornwall Police
Neighbourhood Picture
The following table and graphs show you crime and ASB breakdowns and trends for Totnes Town.
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 58 |
| Nov 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Sep 2022 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Aug 2022 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 50 |
| Jul 2022 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 |
| Jun 2022 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| May 2022 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 |
| Apr 2022 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| Mar 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Feb 2022 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
Crime Plus ASB Breakdown for Totnes Town
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Crime Type and ASB Charts for Totnes Town
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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".
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The Totnes Town neighbourhood team is made up of myself PC Geoff Foster and PCSO Jay Vasey . It is one of three neighbourhood teams supervised by Sgt's Nikki Oakley and Helen Gerig who is known as the Neighbourhood Team Leader's and is based at Totnes police station.
The historic town of Totnes was, during medieval and Tudor times one of the wealthiest towns in Devon, second only to Exeter; its wealth being derived from the exporting of sheeps wool and locally mined tin.
Totnes is one of only 5 original Devonshire towns mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and has at its centre a fine example of a Norman castle, which was one of the first 3 stone castles to be constructed in Devon.
Totnes town centre remains a busy commercial area with many small unique shops and boutiques. The town boasts a wide and diverse cultural mix, which reflects its historic heritage. The town rises from Steamer Quay on the River Dart, which was once a thriving river port. This also helped with the towns expansion and prosperity, being the highest navigable port and the lowest bridging place on the Dart
The local school, King Edward VI Community College (KEVICS), is also covered by the neighbourhood team. The college has a wide catchment area with many of the students travelling from outside the town area.
Totnes is a safe place to live with the likelihood of being a victim of crime falling well below the national average. In addition, incidents of serious crime are very low indeed.
The main problems for the area are traffic issues, sporadic incidents of anti-social behaviour mainly on a weekend and minor criminal damage, which includes some graffiti which occurs in isolated areas around the town.