Postcode sector · Barnstaple
Crime in EX32 2
How much crime is recorded in EX32 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- North Devon
- Region
- South West
- Population
- 3,431 (2024)
How safe is EX32 2
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 69.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in EX32 2, more than double the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 9 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
9/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
69.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
175
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
EX32 2National
Violence and sexual offences59.423.6
Shoplifting43.68.4
Anti-social behaviour22.510.7
Burglary14.29.1
Public order13.04.6
Criminal damage and arson9.84.7
Other theft6.74.5
Drugs3.92.4
Robbery3.51.4
Other crime2.81.5
Possession of weapons2.30.9
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Theft from the person1.62.1
Bicycle theft1.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2024.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
20242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- EX32 2BQ
- EX32 2GJ
- EX32 2GR
- EX32 2HA
- EX32 2HE
- EX32 2HL
- EX32 2HP
- EX32 2HR
- EX32 2HY
- EX32 2JA
- EX32 2JE
- EX32 2JJ
- EX32 2JP
- EX32 2JZ
- EX32 2LA
- EX32 2LD
- EX32 2LH
- EX32 2SA
- EX32 2SB
- EX32 2SD
- EX32 2SE
- EX32 2SF
- EX32 2SG
- EX32 2SH
- EX32 2SJ
- EX32 2SL
- EX32 2SN
- EX32 2SP
- EX32 2SQ
- EX32 2SR
- EX32 2SS
- EX32 2ST
- EX32 2SU
- EX32 2SW
- EX32 2SX
- EX32 2SY
- EX32 2SZ
- EX32 2TB
- EX32 2TD
- EX32 2TE
- EX32 2TF
- EX32 2TH
- EX32 2TJ
- EX32 2TL
- EX32 2ZZ