Total Crime Rate
109.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hill Barton Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 109th 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 Hill Barton Road (EX1 3PR) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% higher than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -47.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Barton Road (EX1 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cadbury Crescent, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Durham Close (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 | Headland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Voley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peppercombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Barton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melrose Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringswell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringswell Avenue | Under investigation |
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