CRIME in Teignmouth and Dawlish has plummeted.

Offences have fallen by 22.8 per cent in the last six months – the biggest in any of the Devon and Cornwall Police areas.

A delighted Insp Chris Shaw, the sector head, said there was no single factor to explain the decrease.

'It has involved a lot of hard work by the police, partner agencies, the use of CCTV, and the cooperation of the public,' he said.

And Teignmouth mayor Cllr Ian Parkes commented th

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