Total Crime Rate
287.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mount Pleasant Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 28th highest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Pleasant Road (EX4 7AE) in the last 12 months was 287.0 per 1,000 residents and was 257.9% higher than the Mincinglake and Whipton average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 118.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 172.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Pleasant Road (EX4 7AE), the main crime hotspot is near Thurlow Road. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mincinglake and Whipton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresillian Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nichols Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thurlow Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
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