Total Crime Rate
275.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 13th highest crime rate of 315 local areas in North Devon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Place (EX34 9AB) in the last 12 months was 275.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% higher than the Ilfracombe East average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Place (EX34 9AB), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hornebrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meridian Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meridian Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oak Tree Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oak Tree Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fortescue Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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