Crime Statistics for Pilton, Devon, 2024

There were a total of 161 street level crime incidents in Pilton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Pilton, 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	80
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Shoplifting	13
Other Theft	12
Public Order	10
Drugs	7
Other Crime	5
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	161

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 Pilton. 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 Pilton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnstaple (0.88 miles)	227
Raleigh (0.62 miles)	201
Newport (1.39 miles)	173
Pilton	161
Burridge (0.88 miles)	83
Bickington (1.75 miles)	45
Roundswell (1.96 miles)	40
Lake (1.86 miles)	33
Penhill (1.96 miles)	16
Ashford (1.39 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Pilton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnstaple	98
Raleigh	95
Pilton	80
Newport	76
Burridge	41
Bickington	22
Roundswell	19
Lake	14
Penhill	12
Ashford	1

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

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 Pilton 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 Pilton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Pilton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Pilton is ranked #3.

#	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 Pilton has the highest level of crime?

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