Crime Rates at Melrose Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3FY

Melrose Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melrose Avenue (EX1 3FY) in the last 12 months was 319.7 per 1,000 residents and was 298.7% higher than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 193.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melrose Avenue (EX1 3FY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elsie Place, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cadbury Crescent (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.