Total Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alford Pasture area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Cranbrook , and the 33rd lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alford Pasture (EX5 7EB) in the last 12 months was 8.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Cranbrook average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences 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 1 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Alford Pasture (EX5 7EB), the main crime hotspot is near Tillhouse Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cranbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Sweet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Sweet | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Sweet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morgan Sweet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Porter Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Porter Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tillhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Culvering | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northwood Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Culvering | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russet Loop | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Meadow | Under investigation |
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