Total Crime Rate

113.4 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 113.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Heraldry Walk area has the 21st highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 101st 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 Heraldry Walk (EX2 7QW) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 41.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heraldry Walk (EX2 7QW), the main crime hotspot is near Barle Close. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Mincinglake and Whipton

Crime Over Time in Heraldry Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Russell Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heraldry Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Culm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barle Close
Sep 2025Drugs Barle Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Walk

Data Sources

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