Crime Rates at Heath Road, Exeter, EX2 5JX

Heath Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 64th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

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 Heath Road (EX2 5JX) in the last 12 months was 158.6 per 1,000 residents and was 97.8% higher than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 101.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 283.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heath Road (EX2 5JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Close, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heath Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.