Crime Rates at Rock Cottages, Ilfracombe, EX34 9JQ

Rock Cottages area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 5th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in North Devon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rock Cottages (EX34 9JQ) in the last 12 months was 938.4 per 1,000 residents and was 399.6% higher than the Ilfracombe East average (187.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 417.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rock Cottages (EX34 9JQ), 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.