Total Crime Rate

121.3 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 121.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Glasshouse Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Priory , and the 89th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Glasshouse Lane (EX2 7BS) in the last 12 months was 121.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% higher than the Priory average (100.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 110.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glasshouse Lane (EX2 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glasshouse Lane, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heneaton Square (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Glasshouse Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heneaton Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chepstow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A379
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heneaton Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fortibus Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heneaton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wear Barton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glasshouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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