Crime Rates at Salters Road, Exeter, EX2 5JD

Salters Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 185th lowest 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 Salters Road (EX2 5JD) in the last 12 months was 57.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salters Road (EX2 5JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Magnolia Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.