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Robberies most likely in town centres
North Devon Journal
|June 19, 2025
THE areas of Devon where people are most likely to be mugged, car-jacked, or threatened and forced to hand over mobile phones, have been highlighted in a new crime map.
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Last year, Devon and Cornwall Police recorded 653 crimes of robbery. It can include mugging (where someone is attacked and robbed on the street), robbery by intimidation (making someone think violence or force will be used to steal from them), carjacking (using force to steal a vehicle), an armed robbery or a bank robbery.
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