Total Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornpark Rise area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 80th 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 Thornpark Rise (EX1 3HT) in the last 12 months was 26.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornpark Rise (EX1 3HT), the main crime hotspot is near Thornberry Avenue. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 18 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Vaughan Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thornberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Endfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sargent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Georges Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whiteway Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweetbrier Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Endfield Close | Under investigation |
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