Total Crime Rate

51.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 8/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wrefords Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Duryard and St James , and the 171st lowest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wrefords Lane (EX4 5BS) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% lower than the Duryard and St James average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrefords Lane (EX4 5BS), the main crime hotspot is near Cowley Hill. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Duryard and St James

Crime Over Time in Wrefords Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ridgeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cowley Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cowley Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wreford'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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