Crime Statistics for Burridge, Devon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Burridge in September 2024. There were a total of 122 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Burridge, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	41
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Public Order	6
Drugs	6
Shoplifting	6
Burglary	4
Other Crime	3
Other Theft	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	122

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Burridge. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Burridge

We've taken the ten nearest places to Burridge and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Burridge has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnstaple (1.24 miles)	272
Raleigh (0.62 miles)	245
Newport (1.86 miles)	228
Pilton (0.88 miles)	200
Burridge	109
Goodleigh (1.96 miles)	6
Ashford (1.86 miles)	2
Milltown (1.96 miles)	1
Higher Muddiford (1.96 miles)	1
Marwood (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Burridge?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Burridge and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Raleigh	100
Barnstaple	83
Newport	71
Pilton	62
Burridge	41
Goodleigh	6
Milltown	1
Higher Muddiford	1
Ashford	0
Marwood	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Burridge?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Burridge to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Burridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Burridge have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Heanton Punchardon.

#	Ward	Score
1	Barnstaple Central	65
2	Barnstaple with Westacott	51
3	Barnstaple with Pilton	40
4	Newport	36
5	Marwood	23
6	Landkey	16
7	Bickington	15
8	Roundswell	14
9	Braunton East	7
10	Fremington	4
11	Heanton Punchardon	3

Which road in Burridge has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Burridge with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Cross Street.