Total Crime Rate
19.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stock Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Beer & Branscombe , and the 137th lowest crime rate of 479 local areas in East Devon .
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 Stock Lane (EX12 2RN) in the last 12 months was 19.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stock Lane (EX12 2RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Summersby Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marine Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Seaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summersby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marine Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marine Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Townsend Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meadow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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