Total Crime Rate

129.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Public order 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Summerland Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Barnstaple Central , and the 34th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in North Devon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Summerland Street (EX32 8JJ) in the last 12 months was 129.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.1% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Summerland Street (EX32 8JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Summerland Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wells Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pulchrass Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richmond Street
Apr 2026Drugs Hardaway Head Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hardaway Head Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pulchrass Street
Apr 2026Public order Pulchrass Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buller Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Pulchrass Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bevan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bevan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Summerland Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Summerland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Summerland Place
Apr 2026Burglary Fort Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trinity Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malletts Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alexandra Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Diamond Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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