Total Crime Rate
106.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Geneva Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bideford East , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 213 local areas in Torridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Geneva Place (EX39 3FU) in the last 12 months was 106.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% higher 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Geneva Place (EX39 3FU), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geneva Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geneva Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Geneva Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Old Town | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | — |
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