Total Crime Rate
179.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alphington Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Alphington , and the 53rd 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 Alphington Street (EX2 8AT) in the last 12 months was 179.2 per 1,000 residents and was 147.3% higher than the Alphington average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -41.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alphington Street (EX2 8AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 550 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rackclose Lane (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Alphington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frog Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rackclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alphington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Alphington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swan Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rackclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rackclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rackclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rackclose Lane | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Alphington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rackclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackclose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackclose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackclose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackclose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alphington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shooting Marsh Stile | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackclose Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ewings Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Commercial Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter St Thomas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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