Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Chudleigh Knighton has less crime per resident than nine in ten UK towns
From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Chudleigh Knighton’s built-up area put it at A for safety. Behind the grade sit 11.5 violent and sexual offences and 5.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year. Violent crime here is lower than in 89% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in 85%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Chudleigh Knighton
Less crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Chudleigh Knighton has the 261st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Lyminge, Burton on the Wolds and Sonning, higher than Silverdale, Hook and Scalby. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Chudleigh Knighton’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 54 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Chudleigh Knighton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Of 1,214 towns its size, Chudleigh Knighton is 261st from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Exton Devon | 1,287 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | A+ |
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| 19 | Morchard Bishop Devon | 1,041 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 60 | Abbotskerswell Devon | 1,182 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 0.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 63 | Chillington Devon | 1,074 | 10.2 | 1 | 2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 258 | Silverdale Lancashire | 1,056 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 2.5 | A |
| 259 | Hook East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,475 | 9.7 | 7 | 1.6 | A |
| 260 | Scalby North Yorkshire | 1,790 | 12.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | A |
| 261 | Chudleigh Knighton Devon | 1,168 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | A |
| 262 | Seahouses and North Sunderland Northumberland | 1,678 | 13.9 | 2.9 | 6.3 | A |
| 263 | Geddington Northamptonshire | 1,525 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 2.8 | A |
| 264 | Nether Heyford Northamptonshire | 1,504 | 10.9 | 6 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Chudleigh Knighton, and others in Devon.
Crime in Chudleigh Knighton per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 3 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 1 shoplifting and theft report, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 19 | 16.3 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 4.3 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
19 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 8 the year before
Devon & Cornwall Police published three months short or not at all (Sep 2023, Oct 2023 and Nov 2023), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
No one died in a collision on Chudleigh Knighton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Chudleigh Knighton in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Chudleigh Knighton is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Chudleigh Knighton’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Chudleigh Knighton had 2.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Chudleigh Knighton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Chudleigh Knighton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 11.5 | 5.3 | A |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 36 | 7.8 | C |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 22.9 | 7.4 | B |
| Bovey Tracey | 6,241 | 14.9 | 5.2 | A− |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 9.5 | 5.8 | A |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 20 | 8.6 | B |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 40.4 | 11.2 | C− |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 10.4 | 4 | A |
Chudleigh Knighton records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Coldeast, 2.5 miles away, records 9.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Chudleigh Knighton’s 11.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Devon & Cornwall Police published September 2023, October 2023 and November 2023 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Chudleigh Knighton sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Chudleigh Knighton
Is Chudleigh Knighton safe?
Police recorded 11.5 violent and sexual offences and 5.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Chudleigh Knighton’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 90% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Chudleigh Knighton is 261st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Chudleigh Knighton?
Police recorded 19 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 8 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Chudleigh Knighton?
Violence & sexual offences: 19 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (5) and criminal damage & arson (3), with 0 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Chudleigh Knighton compare with Torquay?
Torquay records 62.6 violent and sexual offences and 20.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Chudleigh Knighton’s 11.5 and 5.3, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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