Total Crime Rate

6.9 per 1,000 1/10 Β· Very Low

All offences Β· 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 6.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woolsery Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Mincinglake and Whipton , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 398 local areas in Exeter .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woolsery Avenue (EX4 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 6.9 per 1,000 residents and was 91.4% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (β‰ˆ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woolsery Avenue (EX4 8BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Pinhoe Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Mincinglake and Whipton

Crime Over Time in Woolsery Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pinhoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roundtable Meet Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pinhoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pinhoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Summer Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pinhoe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conybeare Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lamacraft Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bennett Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whipton Village Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Whipton Village Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whipton Village Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honeylands Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honeylands Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whipton Village Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whipton Village Road β€”

Data Sources

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