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

Pulchrass 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 Pulchrass Street (EX32 8JS) 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 Pulchrass Street (EX32 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Terrace, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Pulchrass Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Fortmead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wells Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fort Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buller Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hardaway Head Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hardaway Head Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wells Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wells Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wells Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Summerland Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Summerland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Summerland Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Terrace —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Alexandra Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pulchrass Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Albert Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pulchrass Street —
Apr 2026Public order Pulchrass Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pulchrass Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bevan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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