Total Crime Rate

261.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 261.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 10/10
  • Other crime 20.7 10/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • 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

Higher Wear Road area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Priory , and the 33rd 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 Higher Wear Road (EX2 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 261.7 per 1,000 residents and was 161.7% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Wear Road (EX2 7EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Glasshouse Lane. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Wear Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reed Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Higher Wear Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fortibus Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wear Barton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glasshouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wear Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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