Total Crime Rate
268.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Okehampton Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 34th highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Okehampton Street (EX4 1DU) in the last 12 months was 268.0 per 1,000 residents and was 211.7% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 156.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Okehampton Street (EX4 1DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 524 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rackclose Lane (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Exeter St Thomas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rackclose Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rackclose Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rackclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rugby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Thomas Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Thomas Court | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Thomas Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alphington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shooting Marsh Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alphington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Frog Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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