Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peterborough Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Alphington , and the 41st lowest crime rate of 394 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 Peterborough Road (EX4 2EG) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peterborough Road (EX4 2EG), the main crime hotspot is near Gloucester Road. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peterborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Close | Under investigation |
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