Total Crime Rate

123.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vinegar Hill area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Bideford East , and the 19th highest crime rate of 211 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 Vinegar Hill (EX39 4AF) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% 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 Public order with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 112.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vinegar Hill (EX39 4AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Hill, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chudleigh Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vinegar Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chudleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boards Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chudleigh Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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