Total Crime Rate

29.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.1 3/10
  • Violent crimes 18.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Diamond Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 91st lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Diamond Road (EX2 8DN) in the last 12 months was 29.1 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% lower than the Alphington average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Diamond Road (EX2 8DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 311 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quay Hill (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Diamond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Commercial Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rack Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Coombe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mermaid Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Watergate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watergate Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Maritime Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Preston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Williams Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Williams Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willeys Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coombe Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Coombe Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenford Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maritime Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Michael Browning Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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