Total Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priory Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 398 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 Priory Road (EX4 7AP) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (EX4 7AP), 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 | Shoplifting | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monk'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monk'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Devon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nichols Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Anne'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Charles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tresillian Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Manston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurlow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thurlow Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thurlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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