Total Crime Rate
127.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coles Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Axminster , and the 34th highest crime rate of 479 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 Coles Lane (EX13 5SA) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% higher than the Axminster average (72.1 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coles Lane (EX13 5SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sector Lane, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coles'S Lane (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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