Total Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornberry Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 74th highest crime rate of 394 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 Thornberry Avenue (EX1 3HR) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 149.3% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornberry Avenue (EX1 3HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Close, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thornberry Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sargent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vaughan Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Endfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Endfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Georges Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thornberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Close | — |
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