Total Crime Rate

89.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 89.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 21.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Bonville Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Clare & Shuttern , and the 50th highest crime rate of 262 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 Bonville Crescent (EX16 4BS) in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 145.5% higher than the Clare & Shuttern average (36.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 162.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bonville Crescent (EX16 4BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chilcott Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pugsley Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bonville Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chilcott Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alstone Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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