Crime Rates at Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8BS

Wilder Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 44th highest crime rate of 313 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 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower than the Ilfracombe East average (187.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 71.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% 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 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.