Total Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coles Mews area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Alphington , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 398 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 Coles Mews (EX2 9EY) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% lower than the Alphington average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coles Mews (EX2 9EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 589 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Place (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Alphington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chieftain Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rices Mews | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rugby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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