Total Crime Rate

144.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 144.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 79.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Willeys Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 79th highest crime rate of 394 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 Willeys Avenue (EX2 8ES) in the last 12 months was 144.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 79.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willeys Avenue (EX2 8ES), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 347 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Willeys Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alphington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Alphington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alphington Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Michael Browning Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shooting Marsh Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shooting Marsh Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willeys Court —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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