ANYONE committting a crime had better keep looking over their shoulders – as they are likely to be caught.

That was the message from the police in Ivybridge this week, as they revealed they had the highest crime detection rate in the whole of south Devon.

At this week town council's meeting, Insp Adrian Leisk, in charge of the Ivybridge and Kingsbridge policing area, said: 'Since October 2012, the Ivybridge and Kingsbridge area has seen a significant reduction in crime and that trend is continuing to go down. For example, in September 2013 we had 35 offences in Ivybridge, while this year we had 27, which is really good news in terms of crime reduction.

See this week's Ivybridge & South Brent Gazette for more on this story