Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Terrace area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 64th highest crime rate of 315 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 St Peters Terrace (EX34 9JX) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% lower than the Ilfracombe East average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Terrace (EX34 9JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meridian Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Head | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Local resolution |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
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