Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 45.3 8/10
  • Other theft 22.7 10/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Channel View area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Ilfracombe East , and the 55th 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 Channel View (EX34 9PT) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower than the Ilfracombe East average (187.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -64.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Channel View (EX34 9PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Croftswood Gardens, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Worth Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Channel View area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Larkstone Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Croftswood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Worth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Combe Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Croftswood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsborough Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Combe Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Croftswood Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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