Crime Statistics for Ashford, North Devon, North Devon, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 5 street level crime incidents in Ashford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Crime Category	Incidents
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Violent Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	5

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashford. 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 Ashford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Raleigh (1.96 miles)	201
Pilton (1.39 miles)	161
Burridge (1.86 miles)	83
Bickington (1.86 miles)	45
Penhill (1.39 miles)	16
Heanton Punchardon (1.86 miles)	9
Chivenor (1.96 miles)	6
Ashford	5
Pippacott (1.39 miles)	0
Marwood (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Ashford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Raleigh	95
Pilton	80
Burridge	41
Bickington	22
Penhill	12
Heanton Punchardon	5
Chivenor	3
Ashford	1
Pippacott	0
Marwood	0

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

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 Ashford 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 Ashford compare to surrounding wards?

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

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

Which road in Ashford has the highest level of crime?

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