Total Crime Rate

191.5 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 191.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Clifton Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 20th 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 Clifton Place (EX34 9JJ) in the last 12 months was 191.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Place (EX34 9JJ), 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 Clifton Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Arcade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meridian Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortescue Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fortescue Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Burrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meridian Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences 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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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