Total Crime Rate

121.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Other theft 30.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Subway Approach area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Canonsleigh , and the 35th highest crime rate of 261 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 Subway Approach (EX15 2QJ) in the last 12 months was 121.6 per 1,000 residents and was 118.4% higher than the Canonsleigh average (55.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 55.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Subway Approach (EX15 2QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gables Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Crescent (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Subway Approach area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lime Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Maunder Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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