Total Crime Rate
36.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whipton Lane area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 121st lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whipton Lane (EX1 3DN) in the last 12 months was 36.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower than the Heavitree average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whipton Lane (EX1 3DN), the main crime hotspot is near Sycamore Close. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 17 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 | Sweetbrier Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlyon Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Georges Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Endfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Endfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vaughan Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Madison Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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