Total Crime Rate

145.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 145.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.3 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Blackmore Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Tiverton Castle , and the 26th highest crime rate of 261 local areas in Mid 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 Blackmore Road (EX16 4AU) in the last 12 months was 145.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% lower than the Tiverton Castle average (162.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackmore Road (EX16 4AU), the main crime hotspot is near Temple Crescent. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackmore Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pugsley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coles Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coles Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleridge Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lazenby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tidcombe Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tidcombe Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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