Total Crime Rate
97.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harepath Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Beer & Branscombe , and the 58th highest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harepath Road (EX12 2BP) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher than the Beer & Branscombe average (52.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harepath Road (EX12 2BP), the main crime hotspot is near Eyewell Green. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Seaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Gregorys Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyewell Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Gregorys Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Townsend Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Macwood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elizabeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyewell Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyewell Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summersby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harepath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Gregorys Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Gregorys Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Gregorys Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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