Total Crime Rate
906.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
486.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Connaught Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Barnstaple Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 315 local areas in North Devon .
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 Connaught Place (EX32 8HT) in the last 12 months was 906.5 per 1,000 residents and was 116.0% higher than the Barnstaple Central average (419.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -45.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 156 (≈ 486.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Connaught Place (EX32 8HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 301 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boutport Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardaway Head | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hardaway Head | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wells Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maiden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boutport Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fort Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boutport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boutport Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malletts Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boutport Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boutport Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boutport Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boutport Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boutport Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Butchers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
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