Total Crime Rate

173.9 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 173.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Other crime 14.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Coopers Drive area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Bickington , and the 26th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in North 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 Coopers Drive (EX31 3SQ) in the last 12 months was 173.9 per 1,000 residents and was 194.3% higher than the Bickington average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coopers Drive (EX31 3SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Beech Close. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Coopers Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowsweet Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Brook Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Brook Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Brook —
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Data Sources

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