Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Herbert Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 193rd lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Herbert Road (EX1 2UH) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% lower than the Heavitree average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Herbert Road (EX1 2UH), the main crime hotspot is near Beacon Avenue. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beacon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyfriars Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cloister Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloister Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloister Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloister Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloister Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beacon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beacon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beacon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chaucer Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chaucer Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chaucer Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chaucer Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pamela Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wykes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyfriars Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beacon Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Devon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commin'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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