Total Crime Rate

63.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 63.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 43.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clovelly Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bideford East , and the 51st highest crime rate of 213 local areas in Torridge .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clovelly Road (EX39 3BU) in the last 12 months was 63.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower than the Bideford East average (79.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clovelly Road (EX39 3BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Geneva Place, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Clovelly Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Myrtle Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Geneva Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Geneva Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Geneva Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Geneva Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Old Town Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coronation Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Rowe Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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