Total Crime Rate

193.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 193.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 50.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 36.3 8/10
  • Other theft 19.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Alphington Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 49th 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 Alphington Road (EX2 8HH) in the last 12 months was 193.7 per 1,000 residents and was 125.3% higher than the Alphington average (86.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -48.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alphington Road (EX2 8HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 347 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Exeter St Thomas (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alphington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shooting Marsh Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Edwin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Williams Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shooting Marsh Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Thomas Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Thomas Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenford Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Thomas Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Thomas Court —
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Thomas Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Thomas Court Suspect charged as part of another case
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swan Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alphington Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Thomas Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Alphington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alphington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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