Total Crime Rate

131.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 53.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 37.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitmore Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Honiton St Michael's , and the 31st 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 Whitmore Way (EX14 2GR) in the last 12 months was 131.3 per 1,000 residents and was 198.9% higher than the Honiton St Michael's average (43.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitmore Way (EX14 2GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitmore Way, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duchy Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Whitmore Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitmore Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duchy Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitmore Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitmore Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biddington Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitmore Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Paul'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitmore Way —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitmore Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Courtenay Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duchy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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