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Crime · Barnstaple
Reported crime in Barnstaple
3,307 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 121 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,307
Rate / 1,000
121
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,320 | 40% |
| Shoplifting | 491 | 15% |
| Anti social behaviour | 425 | 13% |
| Public order | 252 | 8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 237 | 7% |
| Other theft | 170 | 5% |
| Drugs | 96 | 3% |
| Burglary | 71 | 2% |
| Other crime | 61 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 47 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 44 | 1% |
| Robbery | 38 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 34 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 21 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 100 | 124 | 91 | 114 | 104 | 114 | 102 | 85 | 131 | 109 | 130 | 116 | 1320 |
| Shoplifting | 47 | 67 | 58 | 37 | 15 | 32 | 14 | 55 | 43 | 45 | 37 | 41 | 491 |
| Anti social behaviour | 54 | 56 | 40 | 44 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 40 | 425 |
| Public order | 24 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 252 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 23 | 18 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 237 |
| Other theft | 19 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 170 |
| Drugs | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 96 |
| Burglary | 6 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 71 |
| Other crime | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 61 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 47 | |
| Possession of weapons | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 44 | |
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 38 | |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Total | 312 | 345 | 290 | 298 | 240 | 248 | 192 | 245 | 295 | 257 | 289 | 296 | 3307 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Barnstaple, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 27,309.