Bideford West
Population: 12,908
Policed by: Devon & Cornwall Police
Neighbourhood Picture
The following table and graphs show you crime and ASB breakdowns and trends for Bideford West.
| ASB | Burglary | Robbery | Vehicle | Violent | Shoplifting | CD&A | Other Theft | Drugs | Bike Theft | Theft From the Person | Weapons | Public Order | Other | Total | |
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| Feb 2024 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 115 |
| Aug 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2022 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 107 |
| Sep 2022 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 107 |
| Aug 2022 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 100 |
| Jul 2022 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 113 |
| Jun 2022 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 104 |
| May 2022 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 109 |
| Apr 2022 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 98 |
| Mar 2022 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 95 |
| Feb 2022 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 118 |
Crime Plus ASB Breakdown for Bideford West
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Crime Type and ASB Charts for Bideford West
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In September 2011, Other Crime was divided into 6 categories - Drugs, Public Disorder & Weapons (which was later split further and so is not displayed here), Criminal Damage & Arson (CD&A), Theft - Shoplifting, Theft-Other and Other.
From May 2013, the following changes were made to the crime categories:
I) The violent crime category was renamed "violence and sexual offences"
2) A new category for "bicycle theft" was created which previously fell within "other theft"
3) A new category for "theft from the person" was created which previously fell within "other theft"
4) Public disorder and weapons were then split into two new categories; "public order" and "possession of weapons"
5) Both "other firearms offences" and "other knives offences" which were in "other crime" were moved into "possession of weapons".
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Bideford is divided into two areas, this allows the community officers to have a better understanding of the local issues which may concern you.
Bideford Town is covered by :PSCO Hayley Watts and PCSO Stephen Huxtable
Bideford West is covered by: PCSO Paul Uden and PCSO Dan Hirst
If you want contact from your Neighbourhood Team please call us on 101 and the call handler will send the relevant officer an email to make contact with you. If your query requires a response as soon as possible please call the enquiry centre on 101 or in an emergency dial 999.
We work in close partnership with a number of partner agencies including Torridge District Council and there are many issues that they can deal with direct. Please visit link section as there may be an issue that can be resolved by one of our partner agencies.
If you would like to contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team please click on the email link within the right-hand-column. Please remember to leave your contact details so that we can get back to you.
Bideford Town Centre is situated around the quay area of Bideford. The port at Bideford although small by comparsion to other docks is still a working dock with large ships often seen along the waters edge. It is also where The Oldenburg ship departs for trips to Lundy Island throughout the Spring and Summer. Bideford town also has many events on an annual basis including the Reggatta and Carnival at the begining of September and the New Years Eve celebrations, which attract up to 10,000 revellers annually and is arguably the largest New Years celebrations in the South West.
The predominately residential area of Bideford West is home to all the main secondary schools for the area, both state and independant. Bideford College is the main state school comprising approximately 1800 pupils and has currently gone through a £58million redevelopment. The independant school in the area is Kingsley College.
The area also has a small hospital which includes a minor injuries unit and Accident and Emergency Department.
In Atlantic Village there is also an out of town shopping Mall containing numerous retail outlets including ASDA.
The Bideford POLICE COMMUNITY OFFICE is open at WESTCROFT school, the local officers will now be using this as their daily base, it does not replace the police station but is an additional resource for the local team to use to help forge closer links with the community.
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