Total Crime Rate
162.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carteret Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Bude , and the 177th 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 Carteret Road (EX23 8DD) in the last 12 months was 162.5 per 1,000 residents and was 97.7% higher than the Bude average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carteret Road (EX23 8DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bude| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Strand | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Belle Vue Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granville Terrace | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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