Total Crime Rate

109.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Public order 23.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 15.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harbour Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Beer & Branscombe , and the 40th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Harbour Road (EX12 2NB) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 113.5% higher than the Beer & Branscombe average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 257.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harbour Road (EX12 2NB), the main crime hotspot is near Burrow Road. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Harbour Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harbour Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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