Total Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Auction Way area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Bideford South , and the 64th lowest crime rate of 211 local areas in Torridge .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Auction Way (EX39 5TP) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% lower than the Bideford South average (69.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Auction Way (EX39 5TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Town Meadows, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Market Drive (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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