Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exeter Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Cullompton Padbrook , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 262 local areas in Mid 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 Exeter Road (EX15 1EF) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 113.8% higher than the Cullompton Padbrook average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exeter Road (EX15 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haymans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haymans Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stoneleigh Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stoneleigh Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightswood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightswood | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosterlea | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosterlea | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fosterlea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fosterlea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fosterlea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haymans Green | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
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