Crime Statistics for Shorton, Paignton, Devon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Shorton in August 2024. There were a total of 379 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shorton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	169
Anti Social Behaviour	42
Criminal Damage Arson	37
Shoplifting	33
Public Order	25
Vehicle Crime	17
Burglary	16
Other Theft	12
Other Crime	10
Drugs	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	379

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Shorton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Shorton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Shorton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Shorton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
St Michaels (1.24 miles)	555
Torbay (0.88 miles)	515
Shorton	392
Paignton (1.39 miles)	253
Hollicombe (0.62 miles)	248
Livermead (1.24 miles)	117
Churscombe (0.62 miles)	113
Chelston (1.39 miles)	77
Cockington (0.88 miles)	76
Marldon (1.39 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Shorton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Shorton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
St Michaels	182
Torbay	178
Shorton	169
Hollicombe	94
Paignton	87
Churscombe	42
Livermead	40
Chelston	34
Cockington	26
Marldon	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Shorton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Shorton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Shorton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shorton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Shorton is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tormohun	84
2	Roundham with Hyde	70
3	Cockington with Chelston	53
4	Clifton with Maidenway	49
5	King's Ash	49
6	Shiphay	34
7	Goodrington with Roselands	32
8	Preston	26
9	Churston with Galmpton	20
10	Marldon & Littlehempston	13

Which road in Shorton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Shorton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.