Total Crime Rate

106.6 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 106.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 6/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Tennyson Avenue area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 112th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tennyson Avenue (EX2 6BS) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 97.7% higher than the Heavitree average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Avenue (EX2 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A3015, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shakespeare Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Masterson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Pauls Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A3015 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Other crime Millbrook Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alice Templer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellards Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellards Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Well Oak Park —
Sep 2025Other theft Cowper Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Veale Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cowper Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Pauls Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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