Total Crime Rate
11.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harepath Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Beer & Branscombe , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harepath Road (EX12 2DX) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the Beer & Branscombe average (52.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harepath Road (EX12 2DX), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Scalwell Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Gregorys Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Gregorys Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Gregorys Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Gregorys Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summersby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elizabeth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harepath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tolman Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyewell Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyewell Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Macwood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Townsend Avenue | Under investigation |
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