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Crime · Bideford
Reported crime in Bideford
1,759 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 87 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,759
Rate / 1,000
87
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 707 | 40% |
| Anti social behaviour | 311 | 18% |
| Shoplifting | 175 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 154 | 9% |
| Public order | 109 | 6% |
| Other theft | 104 | 6% |
| Drugs | 47 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 41 | 2% |
| Burglary | 41 | 2% |
| Other crime | 33 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 15 | 1% |
| Robbery | 9 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 7 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 64 | 55 | 66 | 73 | 57 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 58 | 58 | 72 | 63 | 707 |
| Anti social behaviour | 41 | 45 | 38 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 25 | 311 |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 175 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 14 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 154 |
| Public order | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 109 |
| Other theft | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 104 |
| Drugs | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 47 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 41 | |
| Burglary | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 41 | |
| Other crime | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 33 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 161 | 166 | 153 | 161 | 145 | 107 | 96 | 142 | 149 | 146 | 167 | 166 | 1759 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Bideford, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,260.