Total Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barley Mount area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 82nd lowest crime rate of 394 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 Barley Mount (EX4 1RR) in the last 12 months was 26.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barley Mount (EX4 1RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barley Mount, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charnley Avenue (9 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redhills Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little Barley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redhills Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redhills Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redhills Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barley Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellpark Close | Under investigation |
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