Total Crime Rate

190.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burrow Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 21st 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 Burrow Road (EX34 8JD) in the last 12 months was 190.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 98.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burrow Road (EX34 8JD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Burrow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Burrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortescue Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortescue Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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