Total Crime Rate
71.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mansell Copse Walk area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 170th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .
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 Mansell Copse Walk (EX2 5GU) in the last 12 months was 71.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% higher than the Heavitree average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mansell Copse Walk (EX2 5GU), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 223 crimes here, including 156 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Veale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Well Oak Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dryden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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