Total Crime Rate
402.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pinhoe Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Heavitree , and the 19th highest crime rate of 394 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 Pinhoe Road (EX4 8AD) in the last 12 months was 402.4 per 1,000 residents and was 560.0% higher than the Heavitree average (61.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 53.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 500.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pinhoe Road (EX4 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pinhoe Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alford Crescent (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Exeter| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honeylands Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alford Crescent | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alford Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redlands Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conybeare Close | — |
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