Total Crime Rate

141.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

117.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 117.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Beer Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Beer & Branscombe , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Beer Road (EX12 2PX) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 168.8% higher than the Beer & Branscombe average (52.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 117.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Beer Road (EX12 2PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Beer Road, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beer Hill (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Old Beer Road area

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Data Sources

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