Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.5 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 97.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 61.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wilder Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 52nd 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 Wilder Road (EX34 8BS) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower than the Ilfracombe East average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilder Road (EX34 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 176 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Wilder Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Burglary Hornebrook Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Belvedere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilder Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Fortescue Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hornebrook Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary South Burrow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greenclose Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avenue Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Avenue Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Riversdale Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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