←Back to overview
Crime · Bideford
Reported crime in Bideford
1,783 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 88 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,783
Rate / 1,000
88
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 737 | 41% |
| Anti social behaviour | 261 | 15% |
| Shoplifting | 209 | 12% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 141 | 8% |
| Other theft | 115 | 6% |
| Public order | 107 | 6% |
| Burglary | 47 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 46 | 3% |
| Drugs | 42 | 2% |
| Other crime | 41 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 13 | 1% |
| Robbery | 12 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 7 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 66 | 73 | 57 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 58 | 58 | 72 | 63 | 78 | 71 | 737 |
| Anti social behaviour | 38 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 261 |
| Shoplifting | 9 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 209 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 141 |
| Other theft | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 115 |
| Public order | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 107 |
| Burglary | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 47 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 46 | |
| Drugs | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 42 |
| Other crime | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 41 | |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Robbery | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 153 | 161 | 145 | 107 | 96 | 142 | 149 | 146 | 167 | 166 | 181 | 170 | 1783 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Bideford, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,260.