Total Crime Rate
1330.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
414.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kestrel Business Park area has the highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 394 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 Kestrel Business Park (EX2 7JS) in the last 12 months was 1330.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1490.0% higher than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 145.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 414.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kestrel Business Park (EX2 7JS), the main crime hotspot is near Motorway Service Area. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Motorway Service Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Motorway Service Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Motorway Service Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motorway Service Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motorway Service Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motorway Service Area | — |
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