Total Crime Rate
51.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pinn Lane area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 174th lowest crime rate of 398 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 Pinn Lane (EX1 3QT) in the last 12 months was 51.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% lower than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pinn Lane (EX1 3QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Battle Abbey Way, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Way (11 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 | Possession of weapons | Gipsy Hill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Monkerton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babblebrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babblebrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinhoe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babblebrook Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Pinn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Pinhoe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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