Total Crime Rate
45.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairfield Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Bude , and the 877th lowest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfield Road (EX23 8DJ) in the last 12 months was 45.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% lower than the Bude average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfield Road (EX23 8DJ), 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 | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Strand | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Belle Vue Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Avenue | 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 | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Terrace | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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