Total Crime Rate
105.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandpiper Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Bude , and the 336th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
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 Sandpiper Road (EX23 8BA) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% higher than the Bude average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandpiper Road (EX23 8BA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bude| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kittiwake Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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