Total Crime Rate

20.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 20.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Littleway area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Alphington , and the 71st lowest 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 Littleway (EX2 9PB) in the last 12 months was 20.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Littleway (EX2 9PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowhay Lane, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Littleway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littleway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowick Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Locarno Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dunsford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dunsford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Oak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkhouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowhay Lane

Data Sources

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