Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.6 9/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Winters Lane area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Ottery St Mary , and the 36th highest crime rate of 480 local areas in East Devon .

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 Winters Lane (EX11 1AS) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 179.0% higher than the Ottery St Mary average (41.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 140.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winters Lane (EX11 1AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Saviours Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gold Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Winters Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Windrush Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviours Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Saviours Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Saviours Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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