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Crime · Handy Cross
Reported crime in the parish of Bideford
1,759 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 87 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Bideford, which includes Handy Cross. There are no separate figures for Handy Cross. What each figure covers
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 Handy Cross, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,260.