Total Crime Rate

95.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 71.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Monks Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 394 local areas in Exeter .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Monks Road (EX4 7BL) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% higher than the Heavitree average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monks Road (EX4 7BL), the main crime hotspot is near Beacon Avenue. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Monks Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Philip Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greyfriars Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beacon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beacon Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cloister Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cloister Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cloister Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cloister Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cloister Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beacon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Beacon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beacon Avenue
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chaucer Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chaucer Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chaucer Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greyfriars Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chaucer Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Devon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Devon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Philip Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fulford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wykes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commin'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herbert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wykes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pamela Road

Data Sources

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