Total Crime Rate
136.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hill Barton Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 80th 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 Hill Barton Road (EX1 3PR) in the last 12 months was 136.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.1% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Barton Road (EX1 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elsie Place, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Durham Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mincinglake and Whipton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peppercombe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Posbury Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peppercombe Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringswell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elsie Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadbury Crescent | — |
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