Crime Rate in Ilfracombe East, ward

Ilfracombe East has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 wards in North Devon district and the 346th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 25th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ilfracombe East in the last 12 months was 187.8 per 1,000 residents and was 146.2% higher than the North Devon district average (76.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ilfracombe East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 398 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 68.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 505 (≈ 77.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ilfracombe East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 228 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (47 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.