Ottery St Mary Town vs Tiverton Rural

Ottery St Mary Town has a safety score of 55/100 (Average) and recorded 280 crimes in the last 12 months. Tiverton Rural has a safety score of 66/100 (Safe) with 209 crimes. Tiverton Rural scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Ottery St Mary Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +12.9% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Tiverton Rural shows -6.7% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Ottery St Mary Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (141 incidents). In Tiverton Rural, it is Violent Crime (96 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Ottery St Mary Town recorded 38 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Tiverton Rural recorded 23. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Ottery St Mary Town totalled 141 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 96 in Tiverton Rural. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Ottery St Mary Town recorded 248 crimes (now 280, a change of +12.9%). Tiverton Rural recorded 224 crimes previously (now 209, -6.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Ottery St Mary Town has a resolution rate of 21.4% and Tiverton Rural has 16.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Ottery St Mary Town falls within the Devon & Cornwall Police boundary. Tiverton Rural is covered by Devon & Cornwall Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Ottery St Mary Town and Tiverton Rural. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.