Total Crime Rate
268.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flowerpot Lane 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 Flowerpot Lane (EX4 1EA) 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 Flowerpot Lane (EX4 1EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 213 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.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rugby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Thomas Court | 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 | St Thomas Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter St Thomas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter St Thomas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exeter St Thomas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Barbican Steps | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tudor Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tudor Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barbican Steps | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barbican Steps | Under investigation |
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